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ACTS EIGHTEEN SUMMARY

I.        PAUL FINDS PRISCILLA AND AQUILA AT CORINTH( vs. 1-4 ).

A.        AQUILA AND PRISCILLA EXPELLED FROM ROME WITH ALL JEWS BY CLAUDIUS.

B.         PAUL ABIDES WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE OF HIS TRADE.

C.        PAUL REASONS AND PERSUADES IN THE SYNAGOGUE( vs. 4 ).

II.       THE WORK IN CORINTH IS BEGUN( vs. 5-11 ).

A.        SILAS AND TIMOTHY COME FROM MACEDONIA.

B.         THE PATTERN OF REJECTION BY THE JEWS CONTINUES.

C.        THE CONVERSION OF CRISPUS, RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE.

            1.         Paul dwells with Titus Justus next to the synagogue.

            2.         Crispus with many others are converted and baptized.

            3.         The Lord's encouragement.

            4.         He dwells there a year and six months.

III.      PAUL IS BROUGHT TO GALLIO, PROCONSUL( vs. 12-17 ).

A.        THE ACCUSATION:  "This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law."

B.         GALLIO REFUSES TO HEAR.

            1.         Concerned not with religious matters.

            2.         The Jews beat up Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue.

IV.  THE CONCLUSION OF THE SECOND JOURNEY( vs. 18-22 ).

A.        HE TAKES PRISCILLA AND AQUILA TO EPHESUS.

B.         HE REASONS IN THE SYNAGOGUE WITH THE JEWS.

C.        HE LEAVES THEM THERE AND RETURNS TO ANTIOCH.

D.        PAUL BEGINS HIS THIRD JOURNEY( vs. 23 ).

V.      APOLLOS IS CONVERTED IN EPHESUS( vs. 24-28 ).

A.        APOLLOS AND THE BAPTISM OF JOHN( vs. 24-26 ).

            1.         The description of Apollos.

            2.         His teaching accurate but flawed.

C.        TAUGHT BETTER BY PRISCILLA AND AQUILA.

D.        APOLLOS GOES TO CORINTH

MEMORY WORK:  Acts 18:4, 8

QUESTIONS FOR ACTS EIGHTEEN

1.         Where did Paul go when he left Athens?

 

2.         Who did he meet there and why had they left Rome?  What was their occupation?

 

3.         Where did Paul go first and what did he do there?

 

4.         What important man obeyed the gospel there and why was he important?

 

5.         Who did Paul dwell with?

 

6.         What was Gallio's reaction to the arrest of Paul?

 

7.         Who was Sosthenes and what happened to him?

 

8.         Then where did Paul go and what did he do first?

 

9.         Who did Paul take with him to Ephesus?

 

10.       What momentous event begins quietly in this chapter?

 

11.       Who was Apollos, and what wrong with his teaching?

 

12.       Who converted him?  Where did he go from Ephsus?