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And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
Note 7 at Acts 18:8: As explained in note 1 at Mt. 9:18, p. 211, the chief ruler of the synagogue was a very influential man. Crispus was one of the few people that Paul baptized in Corinth (1 Cor. 1:14).
It must have dealt a major blow to the Jews who rejected the gospel to see their chief ruler converted. We can see in v. 17 that Sosthenes succeeded Crispus as chief ruler of the synagogue and was later converted to faith in Jesus also (1 Cor. 1:1).
