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Acts 18 is the eighteenth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the final part of the second missionary journey of Paul , together with Silas and Timothy , and the beginning of the third missionary journey.
Sosthenes. Sosthenes / ˈ s ɒ s θ ə. n iː z / (Greek: Σωσθένης, Sōsthénēs, "safe in strength") was the chief ruler of the synagogue at Corinth, who, according to the Acts of the Apostles, was seized and beaten by the mob in the presence of Gallio, the Roman governor, when Gallio refused to proceed against Paul at the instigation of the Jews (Acts 18:12–17).
The Epistle to Corinth was a letter written by the 'brethren' (Greek: οι αδελφοι) of the early Christian Church in Ephesus to the church in Corinth in Achaia, referred to in the Acts of the Apostles, commending the Corinthian church to welcome the preacher Apollos:
In Acts 18:24–28, Luke reports the couple explaining Jesus' baptism to Apollos, an important Jewish-Christian evangelist in Ephesus. Paul indicates Apollos is an apostle, [12]: pp.230–231 an "eloquent speaker" who had a "thorough knowledge of the Scriptures". He had been "instructed in the way of the Lord" which he taught with great ...
Paul describes Apollos' role at Corinth: I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. [8] Paul's Epistle refers to a schism between four parties in the Corinthian church, of which two attached themselves to Paul and Apollos respectively, using their names [9] (the third and fourth were Peter, identified as Cephas, and Jesus Christ ...
Several passages, for example, Acts 9:1-9, Acts 18:10 and Acts 23:11 reveal a pneumatological element that shapes Paul's life bending towards following God's will. The book ends with Paul in a Roman prison, preaching the news of Jesus and the Holy Spirit to his guards and visitors (Acts 27:23-31).
As this was being done, Sosthenes was beaten, but Gallio did not intervene (Acts 18:12-17). Gallio's tenure can be fairly accurately dated to between AD 51–52. [6] Therefore, the events of Acts 18 can be dated to this period. This is significant because it is the most accurately known date in the life of Paul. [7]
The Acts of the Apostles is a genre of early Christian literature, recounting the lives and works of the apostles of Jesus. The Acts ( Latin : Acta ; Greek : Πράξεις Práxeis ) are important for many reasons, one of them being the concept of apostolic succession . [ 1 ]