Acts 18:3

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

…and because of being of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked. For they were tentmakers by the trade.

Latin

Et quia ejusdem erat artis, manebat apud eos, et operabatur. (Erant autem scenofactoriæ artis.)

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English

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

Notes

Acts 18:2–3

The Roman historian Suetonius mentions that the emperor Claudius Caesar ordered all Jews to leave Rome around AD 49 (Life of Claudius 25).
Aquila and Priscilla were a remarkable husband and wife team in the early church. They worked as tentmakers, as did Paul. Paul probably lived and worked with Aquila and Priscilla during his time in Corinth (Acts 18:11; see Romans 16:3–4; 1 Corinthians 16:19).
Paul had probably learned tentmaking when he was young. It was a Jewish custom to teach sons a manual trade, even if they planned to become rabbis or other kinds of professionals.

Acts 18:1–17

Paul spent 18 productive months preaching and teaching in Corinth. He started in the synagogue and then moved next door to the house of Titius Justus (18:1–11). Then Paul won an important case in court against his opponents (18:12–17).

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Corinth Paul (Saul) Priscilla and Aquila

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