Paul’s Missionary Campaign

in Macedonia and Achaia

[Acts 15:36 – Acts 18:17]
(Paul’s Second Missionary Journey)
CHAPTER 18
3 Sections
1. Paul in Corinth [vv1-17]

2. Paul Returns to Antioch [vv18-23]

3. Apollos Arrives in Ephesus [vv24-28]

Paul
 Left Athens

 Arrived in Corinth

 Met Aquila & Priscilla

 Stayed & worked with them

 Earned living by making

tents
 Held discussions in the

synagogue every Sabbaths,

Trying to convince both
Jews and Greeks
Aquila & Priscilla
 Husband & wife

 Jews from Rome, Italy

 Emperor Claudius ordered

all Jews to leave Rome

 Earned living by making

tents
 Allowed Paul to stay &

work with them

 Already Christian before

meeting Paul
Paul, after Silas & Timothy
came from Macedonia
 gave his whole time

preaching the message,

testifying to the Jews that
Jesus is the Messiah
 the Jews rejected* his

message [v6]
 told them he would go to

the Gentiles [2nd time-

13:13-51 & 19:1-12]
Paul
 Left the Jews
 Lived with Titus Justus

 A Gentile, worshipped God,

lived next to the synagogue
 Crispus

 Leader of the synagogue

 Believed in the Lord
 He & his family & many
others in Corinth heard the
message, believed & baptised
 Paul
 Had a vision one night
 The Lord
 told him not to be afraid & to keep on speaking
about him
 assured him that he was with him and no one
would be able to harm him for many people in the
city were his people
 Stayed in Corinth for a year and a half
 Taught the people the word of God
Gallio
 Became Governor

 Jews got together

 Seized Paul

 Took Paul to court

 Accused Paul of trying to

persuade people to worship

God in a way that was
against the law
Gallio
 Refused to listen or ruled in
favour of the Jews
 Said – not a matter of evil
crime but an argument
about words & names and
their own law
 Told to settle it themselves
 Refused to judge on their
behalf
 Drove them out of the court Sosthenes - leader of synagogue, beaten
up in front of the court by the Jews
Paul
 Stayed on with believers in

Corinth many days

 Left with Priscilla & Aquila

for Syria
 Had head shaved [vow] before

sailing from Cenchreae

 Arrived in Ephsus – left

Priscilla & Aquila

Paul
 In Ephesus – discussions

with the Jews in the

synagogue
 Left even though asked by

the people to stay longer

 Arrived at Caesarea

 Went to Jerusalem – greeted Paul spent some time in

the church Antioch before leaving for

 Went back to Antioch his 3rd missionary journey
through Galatia & Phrygia
Apollos
 A Jew
 Born in Alexandria
 Came to Ephesus
 Eloquent speaker
 Had a thorough knowledge of the
Scriptures
 Had been instructed in the Way
of the Lord
 Proclaimed and taught correct
facts about Jesus with great
enthusiasm
Apollos
 Knew only the baptism of John
 Spoke boldly in the synagogue
 Heard by Priscilla & Aquila

 Took him home and explained to him more correctly the

way of God*
 Went to the church in Achaia

 helped them defend the gospel against opposition form the

Jews there
 defeated the Jews with his strong arguments in public
debates by proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the
Messiah
 Necessary because Apollos
 Did not know the full gospel message about Jesus
 Knew only the baptism of John
 Needed to be instructed so that he could proclaim
accurately the Good News of God’s salvation
through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ
1) To be a tent maker like Paul
2) Our responsibility is to share the gospel,
conversion is by the Holy Spirit
3) To emulate Paul in sharing the gospel
daily/regularly
4) God will strength and encourage us in the midst
of trials
5) To know the Gospel accurately
6) To be willing to learn from more matured
Christians
7) To speak with boldness and courage the Gospel
8) To have a thorough knowledge of the Word of
God
9) To work alongside other Christians for the work
of God