Acts 18:1-4
Modern English Version
Paul in Corinth
18 After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. 2 He found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to them. 3 And because he was of the same trade, he remained with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. 4 He lectured in the synagogue every Sabbath and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
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Acts 18:1-4
Lexham English Bible
Paul, Silas, and Timothy in Corinth
18 After these things he departed from Athens and[a] went to Corinth. 2 And he found a certain Jew named[b] Aquila, a native[c] of Pontus who had arrived recently from Italy along with[d] Priscilla his wife, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome, and[e] he went to them. 3 And because he was practicing the same trade, he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. 4 And he argued in the synagogue every Sabbath, attempting to persuade[f] both Jews and Greeks.
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- Acts 18:1 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“departed”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Acts 18:2 Literally “by name”
- Acts 18:2 Literally “by nationality”
- Acts 18:2 Literally “and”
- Acts 18:2 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“found”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Acts 18:4 Here the imperfect verb has been translated as conative (“attempting to persuade”)
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