Text: Acts 18:1-22<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nI. Athens never produced a strong church. It is never mentioned in the Scriptures again,\neven though some there had believed.\n
A. Paul, though, moved onto more productive ground in Corinth.<\/p>\n
B. In Corinth he met a couple named Aquila and Priscilla<\/p>\n 1. They had recently come from Rome because the emperor, Claudius, had\ncommanded all the Jews to leave the city.\n 2. One historian, Suetonius, mentioned that it was due to the frequent\nrebellions by Jews.\n 3. The exile only applied to Rome, but it appears that Aquila and Priscilla\ntraveled a distance for extra safety.\n
4. They met up because they were in the same trade.<\/p>\n a. Everyone in those days learned a basic trade, even if they did not\ncontinue in it.\n
b. Paul’s was tent making.<\/p>\n c. Paul probably returned to his trade to support himself while he was\non his own.\n C. As Paul lived and worked with Aquila and Priscilla, he spent each Sabbath\nreasoning with the Jews and Greeks about Jesus\n D. When Silas and Timothy eventually caught up with Paul, Paul devoted himself to\nthe work of the gospel full-time.\n 1. It is likely that Silas and Timothy had brought funds with them from\nPhilippi in Macedonia for Paul – Philippians 4:15-16\n 2. With the increased effort, the Jews became more resistant – to the point of\nblasphemy.\n 3. Paul merely told them they hold their own responsibility. He moved on to\nteach the Gentiles.\nII. Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the home of a man named Titius Justus,\nwho was a believer in God\n A. Interestingly, one of the Jews who believed Paul’s message was Crispus, who was\nthe head of the synagogue.\n
B. He and all his household believed and were baptized.<\/p>\n C. God tells Paul in a vision to speak out boldly without fear because there were\nmany believers in Corinth. God would protect Paul from harm.\n
D. So Paul continued to work in Corinth for 18 months.<\/p>\n
III. Eventually, some Jews hauled Paul into court<\/p>\n
A. The charge was converting Jews away from their original beliefs<\/p>\n B. Before Paul could respond, the judge, Gallio, told the Jews that his court is for\ncrimes. For other things he doesn’t have to put up with them.\n
C. If they want to argue Jewish law, they will have to settle their own matter<\/p>\n 1. The new leader of the synagogue, Sosthenes, was attacked by his cohorts,\nprobably for embarrassing them in public.\n
2. The judge pretended not to notice.<\/p>\n
IV. Several days later, Paul decides to return to Antioch of Syria<\/p>\n
A. Aquila and Priscilla join him for the journey<\/p>\n B. He took on a vow in Cenchrea (a city next to Corinth) and in demonstration of the\nvow, he shaved his head.\n
1. Such was a part of a Nazarite vow – Numbers 6<\/p>\n
a. The head was shaved at the beginning and end of the vow<\/p>\n
2. We do not know what the vow was about<\/p>\n
C. When they reached Ephesus, Paul left his companions to speak in the synagogue<\/p>\n
1. He was asked to remain in Ephesus for a time, but Paul declined<\/p>\n
2. Instead, he said he would return if God would allow it.<\/p>\n D. They then sailed to Caesarea on the coast of Palestine and then journeyed briefly\nto Jerusalem and then went north to Antioch.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrior Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tActs of the Apostles\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paul in Corinth Text: Acts 18:1-22 I. Athens never produced a strong church. It is never mentioned in the Scriptures again, even though some there had believed. A. Paul, though, moved onto more productive ground in Corinth. B. In Corinth he met a couple named Aquila and Priscilla 1. They had recently come from Rome because the emperor,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10021,"menu_order":30,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10202","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30385,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-corinthian-letters\/background-to-i-corinthians\/","url_meta":{"origin":10202,"position":0},"title":"Background to I Corinthians","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 13, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Background to I Corinthians Class Discussion Who did you find mentioned in the book? Are any the same person but mentioned with a different name? 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