Key Verse Spotlight
Acts 18:3 β Meaning and Application
King James Version
βAnd because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.β
Acts 18:3
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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.
And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews {that} Jesus {was} Christ. {was Christ: or, is the Christ}
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