Atti degli Apostoli 18

1Dopo queste cose egli, partitosi da Atene, venne a Corinto. 2E trovato un certo Giudeo, per nome Aquila, oriundo del Ponto, venuto di recente dall’Italia insieme con Priscilla sua moglie, perché Claudio avea comandato che tutti i Giudei se ne andassero da Roma, s’unì a loro. 3E siccome era del medesimo mestiere, dimorava con loro, e lavoravano; poiché, di mestiere, eran fabbricanti di tende. 4E ogni sabato discorreva nella sinagoga, e persuadeva Giudei e Greci. 5Ma quando Sila e Timoteo furon venuti dalla Macedonia, Paolo si diè tutto quanto alla predicazione, testimoniando ai Giudei che Gesù era il Cristo. 6Però, contrastando essi e bestemmiando, egli scosse le sue vesti e disse loro: Il vostro sangue ricada sul vostro capo; io ne son netto; da ora innanzi andrò ai Gentili. 7E partitosi di là, entrò in casa d’un tale, chiamato Tizio Giusto, il quale temeva Iddio, ed aveva la casa contigua alla sinagoga. 8E Crispo, il capo della sinagoga, credette nel Signore con tutta la sua casa; e molti dei Corinzi, udendo Paolo, credevano, ed eran battezzati. 9E il Signore disse di notte in visione a Paolo: Non temere ma parla e non tacere; 10perché io son teco, e nessuno metterà le mani su te per farti del male; poiché io ho un gran popolo in questa città. 11Ed egli dimorò quivi un anno e sei mesi, insegnando fra loro la parola di Dio. 12Poi, quando Gallione fu proconsole d’Acaia, i Giudei, tutti d’accordo, si levaron contro Paolo, e lo menarono dinanzi al tribunale, dicendo: 13Costui va persuadendo gli uomini ad adorare Iddio in modo contrario alla legge. 14E come Paolo stava per aprir la bocca, Gallione disse ai Giudei: Se si trattasse di qualche ingiustizia o di qualche mala azione, o Giudei, io vi ascolterei pazientemente, come ragion vuole. 15Ma se si tratta di questioni intorno a parole, a nomi, e alla vostra legge, provvedeteci voi; io non voglio esser giudice di codeste cose. 16E li mandò via dal tribunale. 17Allora tutti, afferrato Sostene, il capo della sinagoga, lo battevano davanti al tribunale. E Gallione non si curava affatto di queste cose. 18Quanto a Paolo, ei rimase ancora molti giorni a Corinto; poi, preso commiato dai fratelli, navigò verso la Siria, con Priscilla ed Aquila, dopo essersi fatto tosare il capo a Cencrea, perché avea fatto un voto. 19Come furon giunti ad Efeso, Paolo li lasciò quivi; egli, intanto, entrato nella sinagoga, si pose a discorrere coi Giudei. 20E pregandolo essi di dimorare da loro più a lungo, non acconsentì; 21ma dopo aver preso commiato e aver detto che, Dio volendo, sarebbe tornato da loro un’altra volta, salpò da Efeso. 22E sbarcato a Cesarea, salì a Gerusalemme, e salutata la chiesa, scese ad Antiochia. 23Ed essendosi fermato quivi alquanto tempo, si partì, percorrendo di luogo in luogo il paese della Galazia e la Frigia, confermando tutti i discepoli. 24Or un certo Giudeo, per nome Apollo, oriundo d’Alessandria, uomo eloquente e potente nelle Scritture, arrivò ad Efeso. 25Egli era stato ammaestrato nella via del Signore; ed essendo fervente di spirito, parlava e insegnava accuratamente le cose relative a Gesù, benché avesse conoscenza soltanto del battesimo di Giovanni. 26Egli cominciò pure a parlar francamente nella sinagoga. Ma Priscilla ed Aquila, uditolo, lo presero seco e gli esposero più appieno la via di Dio. 27Poi, volendo egli passare in Acaia, i fratelli ve lo confortarono, e scrissero ai discepoli che l’accogliessero. Giunto là, egli fu di grande aiuto a quelli che avevan creduto mediante la grazia; 28perché con gran vigore confutava pubblicamente i Giudei, dimostrando per le Scritture che Gesù è il Cristo.

1After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth. 2He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them, 3and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers. 4He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks. 5But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. 6When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!” 7He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue. 8Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized. 9The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent; 10for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.” 11He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. 12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat, 13saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.” 14But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you; 15but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don’t want to be a judge of these matters.” 16He drove them from the judgment seat. 17Then all the Greeks laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn’t care about any of these things. 18Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow. 19He came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. 20When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined; 21but taking his leave of them, and saying, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills,” he set sail from Ephesus. 22When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch. 23Having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples. 24Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures. 25This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John. 26He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately. 27When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace; 28for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

1En na dezen scheidde Paulus van Athene en kwam te Korinthe; 2En vond een zekeren Jood, met name Aquila, van geboorte uit Pontus, die onlangs van Italie gekomen was, en Priscilla, zijn vrouw, (omdat Claudius bevolen had, dat al de Joden uit Rome vertrekken zouden), en hij ging tot hen; 3En omdat hij van hetzelfde handwerk was, bleef hij bij hen, en wrocht; want zij waren tentenmakers van handwerk. 4En hij handelde op elken sabbat in de synagoge, en bewoog tot het geloof Joden en Grieken. 5En als Silas en Timotheus van Macedonie afgekomen waren, werd Paulus door den Geest gedrongen, betuigende den Joden, dat Jezus is de Christus. 6Maar als zij wederstonden en lasterden, schudde hij zijn klederen af, en zeide tot hen: Uw bloed zij op uw hoofd; ik ben rein; en van nu voortaan zal ik tot de heidenen heengaan. 7En van daar gegaan zijnde, kwam hij in het huis van een man, met name Justus, die God diende, wiens huis paalde aan de synagoge. 8En Crispus, de overste der synagoge, geloofde aan den Heere met geheel zijn huis; en velen van de Korinthiers, hem horende, geloofden, en werden gedoopt. 9En de Heere zeide tot Paulus door een gezicht in den nacht: Zijt niet bevreesd, maar spreek en zwijg niet. 10Want Ik ben met u, en niemand zal de hand aan u leggen om u kwaad te doen; want Ik heb veel volks in deze stad. 11En hij onthield zich aldaar een jaar en zes maanden, lerende onder hen het Woord Gods. 12Maar als Gallio stadhouder van Achaje was, stonden de Joden eendrachtelijk tegen Paulus op, en brachten hem voor den rechterstoel. 13Zeggende: Deze raadt den mensen aan, dat zij God zouden dienen tegen de wet. 14En als Paulus zijn mond zou opendoen, zeide Gallio tot de Joden: Zo er enig ongelijk, of kwaad stuk begaan ware, o Joden, zo zou ik met reden ulieden verdragen; 15Maar indien er geschil is over een woord, en namen, en over de wet, die onder u is, zo zult gij zelven toezien; want ik wil over deze dingen geen rechter zijn. 16En hij dreef hen weg van den rechterstoel. 17Maar al de Grieken namen Sosthenes, den overste der synagoge, en sloegen hem voor den rechterstoel; en Gallio trok zich geen van deze dingen aan. 18En als Paulus er nog vele dagen gebleven was, nam hij afscheid van de broederen, en scheepte van daar naar Syrie; en Priscilla en Aquila met hem, zijn hoofd te Kenchreen geschoren hebbende; want hij had een gelofte gedaan. 19En hij kwam te Efeze aan, en liet hen aldaar; maar hij ging in de synagoge, en handelde met de Joden. 20En als zij baden, dat hij langer bij hen blijven zoude, bewilligde hij het niet. 21Maar hij nam afscheid van hen, zeggende: Ik moet ganselijk het toekomende feest te Jeruzalem houden; doch ik zal tot u wederkeren, zo God wil. En hij voer weg van Efeze. 22En als hij te Cesarea was gekomen, ging hij op naar Jeruzalem, en de Gemeente gegroet hebbende, ging hij af naar Antiochie. 23En als hij aldaar enige tijd geweest was, ging hij weg, en doorreisde vervolgens het land van Galatie en Frygie, versterkende al de discipelen. 24En een zeker Jood, met name Apollos, van geboorte een Alexandrier, een welsprekend man, kwam te Efeze, machtig zijnde in de Schriften. 25Deze was in den weg des Heeren onderwezen; en vurig zijnde van geest, sprak hij en leerde naarstiglijk de zaken des Heeren, wetende alleenlijk den doop van Johannes. 26En deze begon vrijmoediglijk te spreken in de synagoge. En als hem Aquila en Priscilla gehoord hadden, namen zij hem tot zich, en legden hem den weg Gods bescheidenlijker uit. 27En als hij wilde naar Achaje reizen, de broeders, hem vermaand hebbende, schreven aan de discipelen, dat zij hem ontvangen zouden; welke, daar gekomen zijnde, heeft veel toegebracht aan degenen, die geloofden door de genade. 28Want hij overtuigde de Joden met groten ernst in het openbaar, bewijzende door de Schriften, dat Jezus de Christus was.