Acts 18:2

1 After 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,

3 and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.

4 Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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,
KJV
And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
WEB
He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,
ASV
And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome: and he came unto them;
DARBY
and finding a certain Jew by name Aquila, of Pontus by race, just come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife, (because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome,) came to them,
BLB
And having found a certain Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, and Priscilla his wife, recently having come from Italy because of Claudius having commanded all the Jews to depart out of Rome, he came to them,
ÅB
Der fant han en jøde ved navn Akvilas, født i Pontus, som nylig var kommet fra Italia med sin hustru Priskilla, fordi Klaudius hadde påbudt at alle jøder skulle forlate Rom; dem gav han seg i lag med,
OTB
Der møtte han en jøde ved navn Akvilas, en innfødt fra Pontus, som nylig hadde kommet fra Italia med sin kone Priskilla, fordi Claudius hadde bestemt at alle jøder skulle forlate Roma. Paulus oppsøkte dem,
B1930
Der fant han en jøde ved navn Akvilas, født i Pontus, som nylig var kommet fra Italia med sin hustru Priskilla, fordi Klaudius hadde påbudt at alle jøder skulde forlate Rom; dem gav han sig i lag med,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Timothy 4:19

    Greet Prisca and Aquila, as well as the household of Onesiphorus.

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  • 1 Corinthians 16:19

    The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.

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  • Romans 16:3–4

    Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

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  • Acts 11:28

    One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)

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  • Acts 18:26

    And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him in and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

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  • Acts 2:9

    Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

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  • Acts 18:18

    Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.

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  • 1 Peter 1:1

    Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen

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