Lesson 1957

(Lesson 1957)(03-03-17) Acts 18:1-8

"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. And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue. And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized."

Today's quote tells us of how Paul, after traveling to Corinth, met with Aquila and Priscilla. While there, Paul also reunited with Silas and Timotheus. Through Paul's preaching, many of the Jews, including the "chief" ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord and were "baptized" (empowered by the Holy Ghost).

The lesson also tells us that Paul, after finally growing tired of the constant harassment by the Jews and their never ending demands that he incorporate the rules of the old Law into the new law of salvation by grace through faith, decided to take his message more exclusively to the Gentiles.~