MODERN LITERAL VERSION

18:1 After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth.
18:2 And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who recently had come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart out of Rome. And he came to them;
18:3 and because he was of the same craft, he remained and worked with them, for* they were tent makers by trade.
18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

18:5 But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was troubled in spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
18:6 Now when they themselves did resist us and were blaspheming God, he shook-off his garment and said to them, Your* blood be upon your* own heads. I am clean. From hereafter I will go to the Gentiles.
18:7 And he proceeded from there and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was adjoining to the synagogue.
{Examples of those who were saved in the New Testament: Acts 2:14-42; 8:5-13; 8:30-39; 9:17-18, 22:6-16, 26:12-18; 10:34-48; 16:13-15; 16:25-34; 18:8; 19:1-7.}

18:8 And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house, and many of the Corinthians hearing, believed and were being immersed*.

18:9 And the Lord said to Paul through a vision in the night, Do not be afraid, but speak out and do not be silent,
18:10 because I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you to mistreat you, because I have many people in this city.
18:11 And he stuck-around there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
{Paul's First & Second Letter to the Thessalonians are written.}

18:12 But Gallio being proconsul of Achaia, the Jews stood up united against Paul and brought him before the judicial-seat,
18:13 saying, This man is persuading men to worship God contrary to the law.
18:14 But as Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, Therefore if it was indeed some wrongdoing or evil villainy, O you* Jews, I might tolerate you* according to reason.
18:15 But if there are debates concerning words and names and the law which is according to you*, look to it yourselves; for* I am not willing to be a judge of these things.
18:16 And he drove them away from the judicial-seat.
18:17 And all the Greeks grabbed Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue and beat him in front of the judicial-seat. And Gallio was not about to judge anything.
18:18 And Paul, having remained after this still a considerable number of days, bid farewell to the brethren.
{September, 54 AD. Paul leaves Europe toward Antioch. Claudius dies; Nero becomes Emperor at Rome in Oct.}
And he sailed away to Syria and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having sheared his head in Cenchreae; for* he had a vow.
18:19 And they arrived in Ephesus and he left them there*, but he himself entered into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.
18:20 And they were requesting him to remain on for more time, he did not signal-agreement;
18:21 but bidding farewell to them and saying, It is certainly essential for me to make* the coming feast in Jerusalem but I will revisit you* again, God willing. He set-sail from Ephesus.

18:22 And when he had come down into Caesarea, he went up and greeted the congregation* and went down into Antioch.
{Late 54 AD. Paul's Third Missionary Journey. Josephus, age 16, starts his literary career.}

18:23 And having spent some time there, he came out and went through the region of Galatia and afterwards Phrygia, further strengthening all the disciples.

18:24 Now a certain Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, a cultured man, arrived in Ephesus, and he was mighty in the Scriptures.
18:25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and being zealous in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning the Lord, but only knowing the immersion* of John.
18:26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him over to them and expounded to him the way of God more accurately.
18:27 And when he intended to go into Achaia, the brethren exhorted him and wrote to the disciples to accept him and when he came, he supported those much who had believed through the grace;
18:28 for* he intensely was thoroughly refuting the Jews in public, showing through the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
{May, 55 - May 58 AD. Ephesus. Paul's Letter to the Galatians is written.}
{Examples of those who were saved in the New Testament: Acts 2:14-42; 8:5-13; 8:30-39; 9:17-18, 22:6-16, 26:12-18; 10:34-48; 16:13-15; 16:25-34; 18:8; 19:1-7.}