After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
What can be the reason that, having persuaded (some so far as to say) that they would hear him again, and there being no dangers, Paul is so in haste to leave Athens? Probably he knew that he should do them no great good; moreover he was led by the Spirit to Corinth. (b) For the Athenians, although fond of hearing strange things, nevertheless did not attend (to him); for this was not their study, but only to be always having something to say; which was the cause that made them hold off from him. But if this was their custom, how is it that they accuse him, he seems to be a setter forth of strange gods? Acts 17:18 Yes, but these were matters they did not at all know what to make of. Howbeit, he did convert both Dionysius the Areopagite, and some others. For those who were careful of (right) living, quickly received the word; but the others not so. It seemed to Paul sufficient to have cast the seeds of the doctrines. (a) To Corinth then, as I said, he was led by the Spirit, in which city he was to abide. (c) And having found a certain Jew named Aquila, of Pontus by birth, lately come from Italy— for the greater part of his life had been passed there— and Priscilla his wife, because that Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome.
