Acts 18:2

He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,

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He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,

BSB

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,

KJV

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.

ASV

And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome: and he came unto them;

BBE

And there he came across a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who not long before had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had given orders that all Jews were to go away from Rome: and he came to them;

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καὶ kai And G2532 εὑρών heurōn having found G2147 τινα tina a certain G5100 Ἰουδαῖον Ioudaion Jew G2453 ὀνόματι onomati named G3686 Ἀκύλαν Akulan Aquila G207 Ποντικὸν Pontikon of Pontus G4193 τῷ tō (the) G3588 γένει genei a native G1085 προσφάτως prosphatōs recently G4373 ἐληλυθότα elēluthota having come G2064 ἀπὸ apo from G575 τῆς tēs (the) G3588 Ἰταλίας Italias Italy G2482 καὶ kai and G2532 Πρίσκιλλαν Priskillan Priscilla G4252 γυναῖκα gunaika wife G1135 αὐτοῦ autou of him G846 διὰ dia because of G1223 τὸ to (the) G3588 διατεταχέναι diatetachenai to have commanded G1299 Κλαύδιον Klaudion Claudius G2804 χωρίζεσθαι chōrizesthai to depart G5563 πάντας pantas all G3956 τοὺς tous the G3588 Ἰουδαίους Ioudaious Jews G2453 ἀπὸ apo out of G575 τῆς tēs (the) G3588 Ῥώμης Rhōmēs Rome G4516 προσῆλθεν prosēlthen he came G4334 αὐτοῖς autois to them G846

The early church

"And having found a certain Jew named Aquila, of Pontus by birth, lately come from Italy"--for the greater part of his life had been passed there--"and Priscilla his wife, because that Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome." For though it was in the reign of Nero that the war against the Jews was consummated, yet from the time of Claudius and thenceforward it was fanning up, at a distance indeed, so that, were it but so, they might come to their senses, and from Rome they were now driven as common pests. This is why it is so ordered by Providence that Paul was led thither as a prisoner, that he might not as a Jew be driven away, but as acting under military custody might even be guarded there.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–6

Though Paul was entitled to support from the churches he planted, and from the people to whom he preached, yet he worked at his calling. An honest trade, by which a man may get his bread, is not to be looked upon with contempt by any. It was the custom of the Jews to bring up their children to some trade, though they gave them learning or estates. Paul was careful to prevent prejudices, even the most unreasonable. The love of Christ is the best bond of the saints; and the communings of the saints with each other, sweeten labour, contempt, and even persecution. Most of the Jews persisted in contradicting the gospel of Christ, and blasphemed. They would not believe themselves, and did all they could to keep others from believing. Paul hereupon left them. He did not give over his work; for though Israel be not gathered, Christ and his gospel shall be glorious. The Jews could not complain, for they had the first offer. When some oppose the gospel, we must turn to others. Grief that many persist in unbelief should not prevent gratitude for the conversion of some to Christ.

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People & places

AquilaPriscillaClaudius ItalyPontusRome

Topics

RomeRoman EmpireBanishmentItalyPontusClaudius

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