Acts 18:3
And because he had the same parnasah (livelihood), Rav Sha'ul was staying with them, and he was working with them, for they were tentmakers by trade.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
4And Rav Sha'ul was debating in the shul every Shabbos, and he was convincing Yehudim and Yevanim.
Cross References
Acts 20:34You yourselves have da'as that these hands of mine supported all my needs as well as the needs of those with me.
1 Corinthians 9:6Or is it only Bar-Nabba and I who are denied the privilege of not working at a parnasah?
2 Corinthians 11:9And when I was present with you and I had lack, I did not burden anyone, + 11:9 2C 12:13 for my lack was made up by the Achim b'Moshiach who came from Macedonia. So I was shomer not to make myself a burden to you and in that I will remain shomer.
1 Thessalonians 2:9For remember, Achim b'Moshiach, our labor and toil yomam valailah working for the purpose of not weighing down any one of you while we maggidim [for Moshiach] made the Hachrazah (Proclamation, Kerygma) to you of the Besuras HaGeulah of Hashem.
Matthew Henry on Acts 18:2-7
Paul Visits Corinth. 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. 5 And when Silas and… Read the whole commentary →