² There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla,^(A) because Claudius^(B) had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, ³ and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them.^{(C) 4} Every Sabbath^(D) he reasoned in the synagogue,^(E) trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.