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¶The .xviij. Chapter.

3 Paul preacheth at Corinth. 19 Paul goeth agayne into Syria, and commeth to Ephesus and Antioche. 24 Of Apollos, 26 Aquila and Priscilla.

[unspec A] 1 AFter these thynges, Paul departed frō A∣thens, & came to Co∣rinth,

2 And found a certaine Iewe,* 1.1 named Aquila, borne in Ponthus, late∣ly come frō Italie with his wyfe Pris∣cilla (because that Claudius had com∣maunded all Iewes to depart from Rome) and he came vnto them.

3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought (for their craft was to make tentes)

4 And he disputed in the synagogue eue∣ry Sabboth, and exhorted the Iewes and the Grekes.

5 And when * 1.2 Silas and Timotheus were come frō Macedonia, Paul was constrayned by the spirite to testifie to the Iewes that Iesus was Christe.

6 And when they sayde contrary, and blasphemed, * 1.3 he shoke his rayment, & said vnto them: Your blood be (a) 1.4 vpon your owne heades. From hencefoorth wyll I go blamelesse vnto the gentiles.

7 And he departed thence, and entred into a certaine mans house, named Iu∣stus, a worshipper of God, whose house ioyned harde to the synagogue.

8 And one Crispus the chiefe ruler of the synagogue * 1.5 beleued on the Lorde, with all his housholde: and many of the Co∣rinthians hearyng, beleued, and were baptized.

[unspec B] 9 Then spake the Lorde to Paul in the nyght * 1.6 by a vision: Be not afrayde, but speake, and holde not thy peace:

10 For I am with thee, and no man shal inuade thee to hurt thee. For I haue much people in this citie.

11 And he continued there a yere and sixe monethes, and taught the word of God among them.

12 And when Gallio was the deputie of Achaia, the Iewes made insurrection with one accord against Paul, & brought hym to the iudgement seate,

13 Saying: This felow counselleth men to worship God contrary to the lawe.

14 And when Paul nowe was about to open his mouth, Gallio sayde vnto the Iewes: Yf it were a matter of wrong, or an euyll deede, O ye Iewes, reason woulde that I shoulde beare with you:

15 But yf it be a question of wordes and names, or of your lawe, loke ye to it your selues: for I wyll be no iudge of such matters.

16 And he braue them frō the iudgement seate.

17 Then all the Grekes toke Sostenes the chiefe ruler of y^e synagogue, & smote hym before the iudgement seate: And Gallio cared for none of those thinges.

18 And Paul after this, taried there yet a [unspec C] good whyle, and then toke his leaue of the brethren, & sayled thence into Syria, (Aquila & Priscilla accompanying him) And he shore his head in (b) 1.7 Cenchrea, for he had a vowe.

19 And he came to Ephesus, and left thē there, but he hym selfe entred into the synagogue, & reasoned with y^e Iewes.

20 When they desired him to tary longer tyme with them, he consented not:

21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must needes at this feast that commeth be in Hierusalem: but I wyll returne agayne vnto you yf God wyll. And he sayled from Ephesus.

22 And whē he was come vnto Cesarea, and ascended vp & saluted the Churche, he went to Antioche.

23 And whē he had taried there a while, he departed, and went ouer al the coun∣trey of Galatia and Phrygia by order, strengthyng all the disciples.

[unspec D] 24 And a certaine Iewe, named * 1.8 Apol∣los, borne at Alexandria, came to Ephe∣sus, an eloquent man, and myghtie in the scriptures.

25 The same was infourmed in the way of the Lorde, and spake feruently in the spirite, & taught diligently the thynges of the Lorde, and knewe but the bap∣tisme of Iohn only.

26 And the same began to speake boldly in the synagogue. Whom when Aquila and Priscilla had hearde, they toke him vnto them, and (c) 1.9 expounded vnto him the way of God more perfectly.

27 And when he was disposed to go into Achaia, the brethrē wrote, exhorting the disciples to receaue hym: Which when he was come, helped them much which had beleued through grace.

28 For he ouercame the Iewes myghti∣lye, and that openly, shewyng by the scriptures, that Iesus was Christe.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Rom. xvi. a. ii. Tim. iiii. d
• * 1.2

  Act. ••vii. d.
• * 1.3

  Math. x. b. Mark. vi. b. Act. xiii. g.
• (a) 1.4

  By this hebrue speach he signifieth, that he that dyeth and pe∣rysheth, shall peryshe tho∣row his owne fault.
• * 1.5

  Iohn iiii. g.
• * 1.6

  Act. xvii. b.
• (b) 1.7

  Cenchre∣a is a hauen at Corinth▪ where Paul takyng shippe dyd sheare his head, accor∣dyng to his vowe. For ac∣cordyng to the lawe of Moy∣ses, they that vowed them selues to God were cōmaun¦ded to suffer their heere to grow, as long as they would continue Na∣zarites, and afterward to sheare it and to burne it. This dyd Paul, not for∣gettyng what he had before decreed with the Apostles touchynge the aboli••shyng of the 〈…〉〈…〉 lest•• 〈…〉〈…〉 which 〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.8

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• (c) 1.9

  Apollo be¦yng a wittie & a learned mā, was not asha∣med to be tau¦ght & instruc∣ted in the doc∣trine of christ, of a poore craf¦tes man and his wyfe.