Acts 18:3

And because he was of the same crafte he abode with them and wrought: their crafte was to make tentes.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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 founde a certayne Iewe named Aquila borne in Ponthus latly come from Italie wt his wyfe Priscilla (because that the Emperour Claudius had comaunded all Iewes to departe fro Rome) and he drewe vnto them.

4And he preached in ye synagoge every saboth daye and exhorted the Iewes and the gentyls.

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Cross References

Acts 20:34Ye knowe well yt these hondes have ministred vnto my necessities and to them that were wt me.

1 Corinthians 9:6Ether only I and Barnabas have not power this to do?

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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