First Christian leader of the Corinthian synagogue
Den tidiga kyrkanLeader1st century AD
Crispus was the ruler of the synagogue in Corinth who came to faith in Jesus Christ through the preaching of the apostle Paul. He and his entire household were baptized, and he became one of the few whom Paul personally baptized. His conversion was significant because it showed that even Jewish religious leaders responded to the gospel.
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Comes to faith in the Lord
Crispus, who was the synagogue ruler in Corinth, came to faith in the Lord along with his entire household. This happened while Paul was preaching in the synagogue.
8Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, came to believe in the Lord together with his whole household, and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.
Crispus' conversion took place during Paul's stay in Corinth, where the apostle worked together with Aquila and Priscilla and preached in the synagogue every Sabbath.
2There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them,
6But when they opposed him and hurled abuse at him, he shook out his clothes and said to them, "Your blood is on your own heads. I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."
8Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, came to believe in the Lord together with his whole household, and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.