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Acts 18:2 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" 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. "
Acts 18:2
Verse in Context
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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.
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.
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Aquila
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Priscilla Aquila is the husband of Priscilla.
Source: Acts 18:2
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.
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Paul Paul worked alongside Aquila.
Source: Romans 1:1; Romans 16:3
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
Read Romans 1:1Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
Read Romans 16:3
Priscilla
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Aquila Aquila is the husband of Priscilla.
Source: Acts 18:2
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.
Read Acts 18:2 -
Paul Paul worked alongside Priscilla.
Source: Romans 1:1; Romans 16:3
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
Read Romans 1:1Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
Read Romans 16:3
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From This Chapter
Acts 18:1
"After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;"
Acts 18:3
"And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers."
Acts 18:4
"And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks."
Acts 18:5
"And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ."
Acts 18:6
"And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles."
Acts 18:7
"And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue."
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