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Podcast: BIBLE IN TEN
Episode: Acts 18:8
Description: Sunday, 2 July 2023
Then Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his household. And many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized. Acts 18:8
In the previous verse, Paul moved his teaching to the house of Justus who lived directly next to the synagogue. With that remembered, it now continues with, “Then Crispus.”
The name Crispus means Crisp in its original sense which is Curly or Bent. Abarim explains –
“The name Crispus is identical to the Latin adjective crispus, curled (of hair), or un...