The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

¶ The .xviii. Chapter.

AFter that / Paul departed from Attens / * 1.1 & came to Corinthū / & founde a certay¦ne Iewe named Aquila / borne in Pon∣thus / latly come from Italie w^t his wyfe Pri∣scilla [ A] (because that the Emperour Claudius had cōmaunded all Iewes to departe frō Ro¦me) and he drewe vnto them. And because he was of the same crafte / he abode with them & wrought: their crafte was to make tentes.* 1.2 And he preached in y^e synagoge every saboth daye / & exhorted the Iewes and the gentyls.

When Sylas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia / Paul was constrayned by [ B] the sprete to testifie to the Iewes that Iesus was very Christ. And whē they sayde cōtrary* 1.3 & blasphemed / he shoke his rayment & sayde vnto thē: youre bloud apon youre awne heed∣des / & frō hence forth I go•• blamelesse vnto y^e gentyls. And he departed thence / & entred in∣to a certayne mānes housse named Iustus a worshiper of god / whose housse ioyned harde to y^e synagoge. How be it one ••rispus y^e chefe rular of the synagoge beleved on y^e lorde with all his housholde / & many of the Corinthiās gave audience and beleved & were baptised.

Then spake the lorde to Paul in the nyght [ C] by a vision: be not afrayde / but speake / & holde not thy peace: for I am with the / and no man shall invade the that shall hurte the. For I have moche people in this cite. And he conti∣nued there a yeare and sixe monethes / and taught them the worde of God.

When Gallio was rular of the countre of

Acaia / the Iewes made insurreccion with one accorde agaynst Paul / & brought him to the [ D] iudgement seate saying: this felow counce∣leth men to worship God contrary to y^e lawe. And as Paul was about to open his mouth / Gallio sayde vnto y^• Iewes: yf it were a mat∣ter of wronge / or an evyll dede (o ye Iewes) reason wolde that I shuld heare you: but yf it be a question of wordes / or of names / or of youre lawe / loke ye to it youre selves. For I wilbe no iudge in soche maters / and he drave them from the seate. Then toke all the Gre∣kes Sostenes the chefe rular of the synago∣ge and smote him before the iudges seate. And Gallio cared for none of tho thinges.

Paul after this / taryed there yet a good why¦le / & then toke his leave of the brethren / & say∣led [ E] thence into Ciria / Priscilla and Aquila ac∣companyinge him. And he shore his heed in Cenchrea / for he had a vowe. And he came to* 1.4 Ephesus and lefte them there: but he him selfe entred into the synagoge / and reasoned with the Iewes. When they desyred him to tary longer tyme with thē / he consented not / but bad thē fare well sayinge. I must nedes at this feast that cometh / be in Ierusalem: but I will returne agayne vnto you yf God will. And he departed from Ephesus & came vnto Cesarea: & ascended and saluted the congrega¦cion / &* 1.5 departed vnto Antioche / & when he had taryed there a whyle / he departed. And went over all the countre of Galacia and Phrigia by order / strengthynge all the disciples.

And a certayne Iewe named Apollos / bor∣ne* 1.6 at Alexandria / came to Ephesus / an elo∣quent man / & myghty in the scriptures. The same was informed in the waye of the Lorde / and he spake fervently in the sprete / & taught [ F] diligently the thinges of the Lorde / & knewe but the baptim of Iohn only. And the same began to speake boldely in the synagoge. And when Aquila and Priscilla had hearde him: they toke him vnto them / and expounded vn∣to him the waye of God more perfectly.

And when he was disposed to goo into A∣caia / the brethren wrote exhortynge the disci∣ples to receave him. After he was come thy∣ther / he holpe them moche which had bele∣ved thorowe grace. And myghtely he overca∣me the Iewes / and that openly / shewynge by the scriptures that Iesus was Christ.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Corin∣thum.
• * 1.2

  Tentes.
• * 1.3

  Shoke his ray∣ment.
• * 1.4

  Ephesus
• * 1.5

  Here went Pau¦le to Ieru¦salem.
• * 1.6

  Apollos.