# Acts 18.8

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**Book:** [Acts](/codex/acts/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 6. And when they opposed themselves and blasphemed, he shook out his raiment and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. 7. And he departed thence, and went into the house of a certain man named Titus Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
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> **8. And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.**
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> 9. And the Lord said unto Paul in the night by a vision, <span class="rl-speech">Be not afraid, but speak and hold not thy peace:</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee: for I have much people in this city.</span> (Acts 18:6-10, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 6. When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!” 7. He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
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> **8. Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.**
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> 9. The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, <span class="rl-speech">“Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”</span> (Acts 18:6-10, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 6. And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. 7. And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
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> **8. 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.**
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> 9. Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: 10. For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. (Acts 18:6-10, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 6. and on their resisting and speaking evil, having shaken [his] garments, he said unto them, 'Your blood [is] upon your head, I am clean; henceforth to the nations I will go on.' 7. And having departed thence, he went to the house of a certain one, by name Justus, a worshipper of God, whose house was adjoining the synagogue,
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> **8. and Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue did believe in the Lord with all his house, and many of the Corinthians hearing were believing, and they were being baptized.**
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> 9. And the Lord said through a vision in the night to Paul, <span class="rl-speech">'Be not afraid, but be speaking and thou mayest be not silent;</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">because I am with thee, and no one shall set on thee to do thee evil; because I have much people in this city;'</span> (Acts 18:6-10, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- [G0907 - baptizo](/codex/g0907-baptizo/), *baptizo*, Strong's G0907
- [G4100 - pisteuo](/codex/g4100-pisteuo/), *pisteuo*, Strong's G4100
- [G0191 - akouo](/codex/g0191-akouo/), *akouo*, Strong's G0191
- [G2962 - kyrios](/codex/g2962-kyrios/), *kyrios*, Strong's G2962

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Dating of Paul's Letters](/codex/dating-of-pauls-letters/), via [Acts 18.1-18](/codex/acts-18-1-18/)

**Concepts:**

- [Church at Corinth](/codex/church-at-corinth/), via [Acts 18.1-18](/codex/acts-18-1-18/)
- [Churches the Disciples Started](/codex/churches-the-disciples-started/), via [Acts 18.1-18](/codex/acts-18-1-18/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.