Acts 18:5-6
5 When Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ. 6 But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook his garments and said to them, “Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
Silas and Timothy finally caught up with Paul in Corinth, and there Paul was moved to tell the Jews directly who Jesus is - the Messiah, the Christ of God. They then turned on Paul and stood against him, even blaspheming the words of truth he spoke. They spoke evil of the God they claimed to worship. So Paul gave them over to God's judgment and moved to the Gentiles with the gospel. The promise to Abraham to be the father of many nations, the promise for Israel to be a light to the world, had begun to gain traction.
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