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Acts 18:2
There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Luke narrates Paul’s arrival in Corinth immediately after departing Athens, introducing him to Aquila and Priscilla. The account occurs during Paul’s second missionary journey as he establishes a presence in a major Greek city.
The words — εὑρών (heurōn) translates literally to “having found,” indicating a deliberate discovery rather than a chance encounter. ὀνόματι (onomati) means “named,” specifying the identity of the Jew Paul met.
The thread — Priscilla and Aquila reappear in Paul’s epistles as co-workers and hosts of house churches (Romans 16:3; 1 Corinthians 16:19; 2 Timothy 4:19). Paul specifically calls them his fellow workers in Christ Jesus in Romans 16:3.
Why it lands — The text records a historical meeting that establishes a pattern of Christian partnership and shared labor. It requires the reader to recognize how divine providence operates through ordinary circumstances and human connections.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Romans 16:3 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
- 1 Corinthians 16:19 The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.
- 2 Timothy 4:19 Greet Prisca and Aquila, as well as the household of Onesiphorus.
- Acts 11:28 One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)
- Acts 18:26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
- Acts 2:9 Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
- Acts 18:18 Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.
- 1 Peter 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen