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Acts 18:3

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1 After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.

2 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.

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

5 And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

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BSB
and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.
KJV
And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
WEB
and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.
ASV
and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought, for by their trade they were tentmakers.
DARBY
and because they were of the same trade abode with them, and wrought. For they were tent-makers by trade.
BLB
and because of being of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked. For they were tentmakers by the trade.
ÅB
og da han drev samme håndverk, bodde han hos dem og arbeidet der; for de var teltmakere av håndverk.
OTB
og siden han delte deres yrke, ble han hos dem, og de arbeidet sammen, for de var teltmakere av yrke.
B1930
og da han drev samme håndverk, bodde han hos dem og arbeidet der; for de var teltmakere av håndverk.

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