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6 But awhen they opposed him and blasphemed, bhe shook his garments and said to them, c“Your blood be upon your own heads; dI am clean. eFrom now on I will go to the Gentiles.”  
7 And he departed from there and entered the house of a certain man named1 Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.  
8 aThen Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his household. And many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized.  
9 Now athe Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent;  
10 afor I am with you, and no one will attack you to hurt you; for I have many people in this city.”  
11 And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12 When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him to the1 judgment seat,  
13 saying, “This fellow persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”
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Acts 18:8

Crispus (Krispov). Though a Jew and ruler of the synagogue (cf. Acts 13:15), he had a Latin name. Paul baptized him (I Corinthians 1:14) himself, perhaps because of his prominence, apparently letting Silas and Timothy baptize most of the converts (I Corinthians 1:14-17). Probably he followed Paul to the house of Titus Justus. It looked like ruin for the synagogue.

With all his house (sun olw tw oikw autou). Another household conversion, for Crispus "believed (episteusen) in the Lord with all his house."

Hearing believed and were baptized (akouontev episteuon kai ebaptizonto). Present active participle and imperfect indicatives active and passive, expressing repetition for the "many" others who kept coming to the Lord in Corinth. It was a continual revival after Silas and Timothy came and a great church was gathered here during the nearly two years that Paul laboured in Corinth (possibly AD 51 and 52).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 18:8:

John 4:53
Acts 13:15
Acts 18:17
Acts 20:3
1 Corinthians 1:14

 

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