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AfterΜετὰthese thingsταῦταhe departedχωρισθεὶςfromἐκAthensτῶν ἈθηνῶνandcameἦλθενtoεἰςCorinth.Κόρινθον
Acts 18:1
Study it in the app“After these things he departed from Athens and came to Corinth.”
Paul joins Aquila and Priscilla, tentmakers like himselfWork and Rest
With the Greek beneath
Acts 18:1, word by word
- he departedχωρισθεὶςchōristheis
depart
To leave a place for another, sometimes by someone's order.
Where else “chōristheis” appears- AthensἈθηνῶνAthēnōn
Athens
See it on the mapWhere else “Athēnōn” appears- cameἦλθενēlthen
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “ēlthen” appears- CorinthΚόρινθονKorinthon
Corinth
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Places in this verse
1Athens
Today: Athens, capital of Greece
The main city of southern Greece, near the Aegean Sea; today it is the capital of Greece.
Paul spoke at the Areopagus in Athens about the unknown God (Acts 17:16-34).
2Corinth
Today: Ancient Corinth, near Corinth, Greece
A city in southern Greece, on the isthmus joining the north to the Peloponnese, between two seas.
Paul stayed there a year and a half and started the assembly (Acts 18:1, 11). He wrote it at least two letters (1 Cor 1:2; 2 Cor 1:1).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who had recently come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome; and he went to them,
To study Acts 18 in a group
1. What it says
With whom does Paul stay in Corinth, and what work did they do? (vv. 1-3)
2. What it means
Priscilla and Aquila take Apollos aside to explain the Way to him more accurately. How do they go about it? (vv. 24-26)
3. How I live it
Who has kindly helped you see something more clearly? How do you receive correction from another person?