Acts 18:3

and, because he was of a their trade, he took lodgings with them, and worked with them; for by their trade they were tent-makers.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And he found there a man, a Jew, whose name was Aquila, who was from the region of Pontus, and had just then arrived from the country of Italy, he and Priscilla his wife, because Claudius Caesar had commanded that all Jews should depart from Rome. And he went to them

4And he spoke in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and Gentiles.

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Cross References

Acts 20:34And ye yourselves, know, that these hands ministered to my wants, and to them that were with me.

1 Corinthians 9:6Or I only, and Barnabas, have we no right to forbear labor?

2 Corinthians 11:9And when I came among you and was needy, I was burdensome to none of you; for the brethren who came from Macedonia, supplied my wants: and in all things I kept myself, and I will keep myself, from being burdensome to you.

1 Thessalonians 2:9For ye recollect, brethren, that we labored and toiled, working with our own hands, by night and by day, that we might not be chargeable to any one of you.

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 →

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