Acts 18:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

Crispus

1 Corinthians 1:14

The chief

Acts 18:17

Acts 13:15

Mark 5:35

Believed

Joshua 24:15

Hearing

General references

Acts 28:24

Bible References

Crispus

I thank God

that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,

The chief

Then they all seized Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the judge’s bench. But none of these things concerned Gallio.

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any message of encouragement for the people, you can speak.”

While He was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher anymore?”

Believed

He was a devout man and feared God along with his whole household. He did many charitable deeds for the Jewish people and always prayed to God.

A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was spoken by Paul.

And all the men of his household—both slaves born in his house and those purchased with money from a foreigner—were circumcised with him.

For I have chosen him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the Lord will fulfill to Abraham what He promised him.”

But if it doesn’t please you to worship Yahweh, choose for yourselves today the one you will worship: the gods your fathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my family, we will worship Yahweh.”

Hearing

When they heard this, they came under deep conviction and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles: “Brothers, what must we do?”

But when they believed Philip, as he preached the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Then He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

But how can they call on Him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about Him? And how can they hear without a preacher?

Is Christ divided? Was it Paul who was crucified for you? Or were you baptized in Paul’s name?

General references

Some were persuaded by what he said, but others did not believe.