Ancient Corinth

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In the Bible

Paul came from Athens and worked as a tentmaker with Aquila and Priscilla; later he wrote to the church of God in Corinth. In Romans, Erastus, the city treasurer, sends greetings.

Acts 18:1–4After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There 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 visit them, and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was. Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.

1 Cor 1:2To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

Rom 16:23Gaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus.

Tradition

Whether the Erastus named in a pavement inscription by the theater is the Erastus of Romans is debated.

Here today

The Temple of Apollo, the Roman forum and a museum below the rock of Acrocorinth; by the theater, the Erastus pavement.

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