Acts 18:2

1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;

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.

3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

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,

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Cross references

  • 2 Timothy 4:19

    Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

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  • 1 Corinthians 16:19

    The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.

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  • Romans 16:3–4

    Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:

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  • Acts 11:28

    And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cæsar.

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  • Acts 18:26

    And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

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  • Acts 2:9

    Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judæa, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

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  • Acts 18:18

    And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.

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  • 1 Peter 1:1

    Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

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