Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus (Acts 18)

Acts chapter 18 is short and doesn't have many notes, so this should be a short entry. Paul comes to Corinth, where he meets a Jewish couple named Aquila and Priscilla who apparently have been recently kicked out of Rome along with other Jews. We hear about them several times in the New Testament, and often, Priscilla's name is mentioned first, which, as the SAB notes, implies that she is rather important, certainly not just as a wife. In 1Corinthians 16:19, Priscilla and Aquila are said to be leaders of a church together, and later in this chapter they teach a Jew named Apollos (who becomes a prominent leader in the Corinthian church) about the gospel. Silas and Timothy arrive from Macedonia just as more troubleis being stirred up by some Jews opposing Paul. This time, Paul is provoked to some pretty angry words as he declares he's leaving to go preach to the Gentiles, although he leaves to the house of a man named Justus who, having a house connected to the synagogue, is probably a Jew, and Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, is said to be a Christian.

Rather than leaving town this time, Paul has a vision in which Jesus encourages him and tells him no harm will come to him in Corinth, so Paul stays for a year and a half. Some Jews decide to bring him to the ruler of Corinth, but the man says that the matter sounds like a religious thing, and he isn't getting involved. Paul takes Priscilla and Aquila to Syria, shaving his head as part of a vow to the Lord. The SAB says this is backwards, as Numbers chapter six says you shave your head after completing the vow, but it's always been my understanding that a person making a vow shaves their head at the beginning of the vow as well (note that in verse nine, if he is accidentally defiled, he shaves his head and starts over again). Anyway, they come to Ephesus and apparently make some converts there, and after a little while, Paul leaves to travel back to Jerusalem for a feast (probably Passover) by way of several churches along the way. After he leaves, Apollos shows up, one of the first of a handful of Jews in the book of Acts that are disciples of John the Baptist who somehow haven't heard of Jesus. Priscilla and Aquila get him caught up, and he goes on to become prominent in the church.