144 Josep Rius-Camps and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger [B'-A] 18:1-11 In the synagogue [a] 18:1 Paul’s departure to Corinth [b] 18:2 Meeting with Aquila and Priscilla [c] 18:3 His stay in their house [d] 18:4a Debate in the synagogue [e] 18:4b Paul persuades Jews and Greeks [f] 18:5a The Arrival of Silas and Timothy [g] 18:5b Paul devotes himself to the word [f'] 18:6 Opposition from the Jews [e'] 18:7 Paul’s move to the house of Justus [d'] 18:8a Conversion of Crispus, the synagogue leader [c'] 18:8b Conversion of many Corinthians [b'] 18:9-10 Paul’s vision [a'] 18:11 Paul’s stay in Corinth [B'-A'] 8:12-17 Before the proconsul Gallio [a] 18:12a The Jews attack Paul [b] 18:12b-13 They take him into court [c] 18:14-15 Gallio’s response [b'] 18:16 He dismisses the Jews [a'] 18:17 The Greeks beat Sosthenes before the court The first episode [A] begins with Paul’s arrival in Corinth [a] and con- cludes with his extended stay there [a']. A summary statement concerning Paul’s dedication to witnessing to the Jews is at the centre of the structure [g], with the preceding elements preparing for it [b-f], and the elements that follow describing the events resulting from it [f'-b']. The structure in the Bezan text is different at several places from that of the Alexandrian text, principally because of variation in sentence connectives. In the second episode [A'], Paul is no longer in focus as the theme switches temporarily to the Jews. At the two mentions of his name, he is referred to only obliquely as the object of the Jews’ attack (18:12) or as being about to defend himself but not doing so (18:14). The centre of the structure [c] is Gallio’s response to the Jewish accusations against Paul. Translation Codex Bezae D05 Codex Vaticanus B03 [Aa] 18:1 Taking refuge from Athens, he 18:1 After that, having left Athens went to Corinth, he went to Corinth,