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Acts 18:3

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

2 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.

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.

5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.

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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
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.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:9

    For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

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  • 1 Corinthians 4:12

    And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

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  • 2 Corinthians 11:9

    And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

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  • 2 Thessalonians 3:8–9

    Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

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  • 2 Corinthians 11:7

    Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:13

    For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.

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  • 1 Corinthians 9:6–12

    Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?

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  • Acts 20:34–35

    Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

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