Acts 18 discusses the Apostle Paul's ministry in Corinth, including his interactions with Aquila and Priscilla, his efforts to persuade Jews and Greeks about Jesus Christ, and the challenges he faced due to Roman laws against new religions. The chapter highlights Paul's dedication to teaching and refuting opposition, as well as the introduction of Apollos, who learns more accurately about Jesus after being corrected by Priscilla and Aquila. The significance of this chapter lies in its depiction of the early Christian community's growth and the importance of clear doctrinal teaching.

1. ACTS 18
Acts Chapter 18, Corinth, Claudius’ Anti-semitism,
apologetics or trying to persuade, our
responsibility, do not be afraid, Gallio of Achaia,
Rome's law against new religions, Sosthenes,
Nazirite Vows, Alexandria, a Jew named Apollos,
John’s baptism only, Refuted In Public
Ephesus 2004

2. Ephesus 2004

3. ACTS 18
The Finish Of The 2nd
Start Of 3rd.

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5. Luke 12:4 Ezekiel
2:6, Be Not Afraid
• Genesis 3:10 He
said, "I heard the
sound of You in the
garden, and I was
afraid because I was
naked; so I hid
myself.“
• DLK could only find
163 NASU, or
189KJV

6. • Acts 18:1 After this, Paul left
Athens and went to Corinth.

7. Corinth
• From Corinth
Paul wrote 1 & 2
Thessalonians
and Romans

8. Corinth
• Corinthian columns at Corinth in south-central
Greece. The remains of the ancient city lie
about 50 miles west of Athens, at the eastern
end of the Gulf of Corinth. On mainland
Greece, Corinth was the main center of
worship of Aphrodite (Roman: Venus) goddess
of sexual love and beauty. On his second
missionary journey the Apostle Paul spent 1-½
years preaching the Gospel at Corinth.

9. Greece: Corinth, Corinthian columns

12. Corinth Canal 2004

19. • NAU 2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear
before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each
one may be recompensed for his deeds in the
body, according to what he has done, whether
good or bad.

21. Acts 18:2, Aquila of Pontus
• Acts 18:2 There he met a Jew named Aquila, a
native of Pontus, who had recently come from
Italy with his wife Priscilla…

22. PontusPontus was a Roman
province and region in
the northeastern part
of Asia Minor.

23. Acts 18:2,
Claudius’ Anti-semitism A.D. 49
• Acts 18:2…because Claudius had ordered all the
Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them,
• NET Notes say, “Claudius refers to the Roman
emperor Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus,
known as Claudius, who ruled from A.D. 41–54.
The edict expelling the Jews from Rome was
issued in A.D. 49 (Suetonius, Claudius 25.4).”
• Anti-semitism

24. Acts 18:4, , Trying To Persuade
• Acts 18:4 Every Sabbath he reasoned in the
synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.
• “he reasoned… trying to persuade” =apologetics
• Paul always seems to use Cosmological,
ontological, prophesy, resurrection, and Jesus is
the Christ
• “reasoned” is not blind faith or “burning in the
bosom”

25. Acts 18:5,
• Acts 18:5 When Silas and Timothy came from
Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively
to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus
was the Christ.
• He stopped tent making
• “testifying” = personal testimony

26. Acts 18:6,
Shake The Dust Off Your Feet
• NAU Acts 18:6 But
when they resisted
and blasphemed, he
shook out his
garments and said
to them, "Your
blood be on your
own heads! I am
clean. From now on
I will go to the
Gentiles."

27. Acts 18:6, Our Responsibility?
• Acts 18:6…I am clear of my responsibility…
• We have a responsibility
• If they reject;
• Acts 18:6….Your blood be on your own
heads!...
• Where do you suppose the responsibility lies if
we don’t, or are not “solemnly testifying…that
Jesus was the Christ” (Acts 18:5)?

28. Acts 18:9-11, Do Not Be Afraid
• Acts 18:9-11 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in
a vision: "Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do
not be silent. 10 For I am with you, and no one is
going to attack and harm you, because I have
many people in this city." 11 So Paul stayed for a
year and a half, teaching them the word of God.
• Good memory verse
• 18 months with Paul teaching them the word of
God
• Wow! Lucky Corinthians

29. Acts 18:12, Bible Knowledge Commentary
• “Verses 12-17 form a critical point in Luke's
apologetic. It is important first because of who
Gallio was, a Roman proconsul, governor of
Achaia. Any judgment pronounced by him
would establish legal precedent. Furthermore,
Gallio was a brother of Seneca (4 B.C.?- A.D.
65), a philosopher of great influence in Rome.”
• DLK; Separation of church and state

30. Acts 18:13-15, Bible Knowledge Commentary
• 18:13-15. “The Jews charged Paul with
persuading the people to worship God in ways
contrary to the Roman law. Rome did not
permit the propagation of new religions.
Judaism was an accepted and established
belief. These Jews were saying in effect that
Christianity was a new and different cult,
distinct from Judaism.”

31. ACTS 18:17
Gallio cared for
none of those
things

32. Acts 18:17, Sosthenes
• NAU Acts 18:17 And they all took hold of
Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and
began beating him in front of the judgment seat.
But Gallio was not concerned about any of these
things.
• The frustrated Jews took out the anger on their
own “leader of the synagogue.” Could this be…
• NAU 1 Corinthians 1:1 Paul, called as an apostle of
Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes our
brother, 2 To the church of God which is at
Corinth…

33. Acts 18:18, Cenchrea, Nazirite Vows
• Acts 18:18 Paul stayed on in Corinth for some time. Then
he left the brothers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by
Priscilla and Aquila. Before he sailed, he had his hair cut off
at Cenchrea because of a vow he had taken.
• Acts 18:18 “Cenchrea was Corinth's main port on the
isthmus….” IVP
• NAU Numbers 6:18 'The Nazirite shall then shave his
dedicated head of hair at the doorway of the tent of
meeting, and take the dedicated hair of his head and put it
on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings.
• Paul was told byActs 21:18…James, and all the elders… 24
take them and purify yourself along with them, and pay
their expenses so that they may shave their heads; and all
will know that there is nothing to the things which they
have been told about you, but that you yourself also walk
orderly, keeping the Law.

34. Acts 18:18, Cenchrea, Nazirite Vows
• Acts 18:18 Paul …had his hair cut off at
Cenchrea because of a vow he had taken.
• He then took the hair to the Temple in
Jerusalem, to be offered.
• Acts is a transition book from Judaism into the
church.

35. Acts 18:18, Cenchrea

36. Acts 18:18, Acts Is A Transition Book
• Acts 18:18 Paul…had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because of
a vow he had taken.
• Matt 5:36-37 And do not swear by your head, for you
cannot make even one hair white or black. 37 Simply let
your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this
comes from the evil one.
• James 5:12 Above all, my brothers, do not swear — not by
heaven or by earth or by anything else. Let your "Yes" be
yes, and your "No," no, or you will be condemned.
• Acts 21:23-24….There are four men with us who have made
a vow. 24 Take these men, join in their purification rites and
pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads
shaved. Then everybody will know there is no truth in
these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in
obedience to the law.

37. Acts 18:18, Acts Is A Transition Book
• At the conclusion of a Nazirite vow;
• Num 6:18 "'Then at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the
Nazirite must shave off the hair that he dedicated. He is to take the
hair and put it in the fire that is under the sacrifice of the fellowship
offering.
• C. Missler (pg. 28) says it’s not a Nazirite vow, based on;
• 1 Cor 11:14 Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a
man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,
• John 15:5…apart from me you can do nothing.
• James 5:15…the prayer offered in faith…
• [GING] εὐχή , ῆς, ἡ—1. prayer ἡ εὐ. τῆς πίστεως the prayer offered
in faith Js 5:15.—2. oath, vow Ac 18:18; 21:23.* [pg 82]
• Bible Knowledge Commentary, “Now the time of the Nazirite vow
was over (after about a year and a half), and Paul got a haircut at
Cenchrea (cf. Num 6:1-21).”

38. Acts 18:21, God's Will
• Acts 18:21 But as he left, he promised, "I will
come back if it is God's will." Then he set sail
from Ephesus.
• James 4:13-16 Now listen, you who say, "Today
or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend
a year there, carry on business and make money."
14 Why, you do not even know what will happen
tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that
appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15
Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will,
we will live and do this or that."

39. End Of 2nd.
Missionary
Journey
• Acts 18:22 When
he landed at
Caesarea, he went
up and greeted the
church and then
went down to
Antioch.
• Caesarea,
Jerusalem, Antioch
• Over 300 miles
total

40. Acts 18:23, Start Of 3rd.
Missionary Journey

41. Acts 18:23, Start Of 3rd.
Missionary Journey
• Acts 18:23 After spending some time in
Antioch, Paul set out from there and traveled
from place to place throughout the region of
Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the
disciples.

42. Acts 18:24, Apollos An Alexandrian
• NAU Acts 18:24 Now a Jew named Apollos, an
Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, came
to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the
Scriptures.
• Apollos was a native of Alexandria, the 2nd
largest city in the Empire, ¼ of it’s population
were Jews, cultural and educational center of
the world, great library.

43. Acts 18:24-28 A Jew Named Apollos
• a learned man, thorough knowledge of the Scriptures.
• He had been instructed in the way of the Lord,
• he spoke with great fervor and taught about Jesus accurately,
• he knew only the baptism of John.
• He began to speak boldly in the synagogue
• Priscilla and Aquila…explained to him the way of God more
adequately.
• the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there
to welcome him
• he was a great help to those who…believed.
• he vigorously refuted the Jews
• proving from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
• He was teachable, received correction well

44. Acts 18:24, GotQuestions.org
Ignorance of the whole Word of God
• GotQuestions.org talked about; “4. Ignorance of the
whole Word of God. Apollos was a powerful and
eloquent preacher, but he only knew the baptism of
John. He was ignorant of Jesus and His provision of
salvation, so his message was incomplete. Aquila and
Priscilla took him aside and “explained to him the way
of God more adequately” (Acts 18:24-28). After that,
Apollos preached Jesus Christ. Some groups and
individuals today have an incomplete message because
they concentrate on certain passages to the exclusion
of others. They fail to compare Scripture with
Scripture.”

45. Acts 18:25, John’s Baptism Only
• NAU Acts 18:25 This man had been instructed in
the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit,
he was speaking and teaching accurately the
things concerning Jesus, being acquainted only
with the baptism of John;
• NAU Acts 18:26 and he began to speak out 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.

46. Acts 18:28, Refuted In Public
• NAU Acts 18:28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews
in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures [OT]
that Jesus was the Christ.
• This is not just “Friendship Evangelism” they must
“hear”;
• NAU Acts 13:7 …Sergius Paulus, …sought to hear
the word of God.
• NAU Acts 15:7 …the Gentiles would hear the word
of the gospel and believe.
• NAU Acts 17:32…"We shall hear you again
concerning this."

47. Acts 18:6, Refuting In Public Will
Get Opposition
• Plan on it, embrace it
• NAU Acts 18:6 But when they resisted and blasphemed, he
shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be
on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to
the Gentiles."
• George Whitefield said, “If you are going to walk with Jesus
Christ, you are going to be opposed.... In our days, to be a
true Christian is really to become a scandal.”
• --George Whitefield (English preacher who proved to be
one of the vessels used by God in the Great Awakening)

48. Ephesus Theater
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