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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.

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