Acts 18:8

"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."

Key Reflection

In Acts 18:8, we see Paul's ministry continuing in Corinth after his interaction with Crispus and the household of Justus. This passage highlights the immediate impact of Paul’s preaching: he not only converted Crispus, who was the ruler of the synagogue (Acts 18:7), but also established a community of believers right next to the very center of Jewish religious life in Corinth—the synagogue itself. The fact that this new Christian house church was situated just adjacent to the synagogue underscores the close proximity and potential influence between these two communities, setting the stage for Paul’s future ministry among both Jews and Gentiles.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 8. And Crispus. He is mentioned, in 1 Co 1:14, as having been one of the few whom Paul baptized with his own hands. The conversion of such a man must have tended greatly to exasperate the other Jews, and to further the progress of the Christian faith among the Corinthians. With all his house. With all his family, Ac 10:2. And many of the Corinthians. Many even in this voluptuous and wicked city. Perhaps the power of the gospel was never more signal than in converting sinners in Corinth, and rearing a Christian church in a place so dissolute and abandoned.

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