Paul in Corinth
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Date: c. AD 49–52. Paul's appearance before Gallio, proconsul of Achaia c. AD 51–52 according to an inscription at Delphi, anchors this journey.
In Corinth, Paul works alongside Aquila and Priscilla as a tentmaker and teaches there for a year and a half. When opponents bring him before the proconsul Gallio, the case is dismissed.
Many date 1 and 2 Thessalonians to this stay in Corinth. Gallio's term, known from an inscription at Delphi, places these events around AD 51–52.
Primary Scripture
18:1 After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
18:2 There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,
18:3 and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.
18:4 Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.
18:5 And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
18:6 But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
18:7 So Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titus Justus, a worshiper of God.
18:8 Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized.
18:9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
18:10 For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”
18:11 So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians.
18:12 While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat.
18:13 “This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.
18:14 But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your complaint.
18:15 But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”
18:16 And he drove them away from the judgment seat.
18:17 At this, the crowd seized Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the judgment seat. But none of this was of concern to Gallio.
Related Scripture
Paul recalls coming to Corinth “in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.”
Location evidence
Event map marker: Identified site; [longitude, latitude] = [22.87788, 37.90596]. This is a teaching marker, not an exact event venue.
Achaia: Approximate region. Coordinates [longitude, latitude]: [23.73333, 37.98333]. Classification source: rule.
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire
Corinth: Identified site. Coordinates [longitude, latitude]: [22.87788, 37.90596]. Classification source: rule.
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire
Interpretation and reuse
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