I recall vividly my first trip to Europe in 1974. We had completed a stay of about four days

in Athens and boarded a bus headed southward to Corinth in the Greek Peloponnesus, I pulled out my pocket New Testament and read aloud to the group on the bus these words of Luke:

“After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them, and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks. When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus. And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” And he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue. Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized. And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.” And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal, saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law.” But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint. But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.” And he drove them from the tribunal. And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this” (Acts 18:1-17).
Having had the opportunity to visit Corinth a number of times, I have been able to locate

many of the localities Luke mentions in his narrative. As Paul always went first to the Jewish synagogue, it is most interesting that the sign that was placed over the entrance to the synagogue has been found and is now displayed in a nearby museum. Unfortunately, I am not aware that the location of Priscilla and Aquila’s house in Corinth has been located, as it has in Rome, but Luke tells us that Titius Justus lived next door to the synagogue, and thus the approximate location of his house can be identified. These houses were located along the main street, the Laconian Way.
Being encouraged by the Lord’s vision and information that there were many elect people in Corinth who were to hear the gospel, Paul remained there a year and a half until unbelieving Jews united to attack him and bring him to the Roman magistrate, Gallio. The location of the Bema in Corinth is known; thus, I was able to stand where Paul stood when Gallio dismissed the case against Paul. Again, noting the successes, we read of the believer Titius Justus who offered his own house as a meeting place for the Christians when the Jews drove Paul out, and two Jewish rulers of the synagogue who were converted: Crispus and Sosthenes, plus being introduced to Priscilla and Aquila.
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