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where he met Aquila, a Jewish man from Pontus. Not long before this, Aquila had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Emperor Claudius had ordered the Jewish people to leave Rome.[a] Paul went to see Aquila and Priscilla and found out they were tent makers. Paul was also a tent maker, so he stayed with them, and they worked together.

Every Sabbath, Paul went to the synagogue. He spoke to Jews and Gentiles[b] and tried to win them over.

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Footnotes

  1. 18.2 Emperor Claudius had ordered the Jewish people to leave Rome: Probably a.d. 49, though it may have been a.d. 41.
  2. 18.4 Gentiles: Here the word is “Greeks.” But see the note at 14.1.

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, and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them.(C) Every Sabbath(D) he reasoned in the synagogue,(E) trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.

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