"After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles."
Until the time related in today's quote, Paul had been preaching to both Jews and Gentiles, He preached to the Jews in their synagogues trying to persuade them that Jesus Christ was indeed the Messiah and that at His coming He brought a new law of salvation by the grace of God through faith in the sacrifice of His only begotten Son.
All the while the Jewish hierarchy had been trying to get Paul, and whomever stood with him, either killed, or imprisoned.
From today's quote we learn that Paul finally appeared to give up on the Jews when he said, "Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles."
We will find as these lessons continue that Paul's battle with the Jews was far from over and that during much of his ministry he was still trying to convince the Jews, as a nation, to turn to Christ.~
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