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

Acts 10:2

Acts 16:14

Hearing

General references

Acts 28:24

Bible References

Crispus

I am thankful now that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius,

The chief

Then all [the Greeks] caught hold of Sosthenes the president of the synagogue and beat him in front of the tribunal; but Gallio took no notice.

and, after the reading of the Law and the prophets, the presidents of the synagogue sent to tell them, "Brothers, if you have any word of counsel for the people, say it."

He was still speaking when a message came from the house of the synagogue-president, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher to come any further?"

Believed

a religious man, who reverenced God with all his household, who was liberal in his alms to the People, and who constantly prayed to God.

Among the listeners there was a woman called Lydia, a dealer in purple who belonged to the town of Thyatira. She reverenced God, and the Lord opened her heart to attend to what Paul said.

Hearing

When they heard this, it went straight to their hearts; they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what are we to do?"

But when they believed Philip, who preached the gospel of the Reign of God and the name of Jesus, they had themselves baptized, both men and women;

go and make disciples of all nations, baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the holy Spirit,

And he said to them, "Go to all the world and preach the gospel to every creature:

But how are they to invoke One in whom they do not believe? And how are they to believe in One of whom they have never heard? And how are they ever to hear, without a preacher?

Has Christ been parcelled out? Was it Paul who was crucified for you? Was it in Paul's name that you were baptized?

General references

Some were convinced by what he said, but the others would not believe.