And because he was practicing the same trade, he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. And he argued in the synagogue every Sabbath, attempting to persuade[a] both Jews and Greeks.

Now when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began to be occupied with[b] the message, solemnly testifying to the Jews that the Christ[c] was Jesus.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 18:4 Here the imperfect verb has been translated as conative (“attempting to persuade”)
  2. Acts 18:5 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to be occupied with”)
  3. Acts 18:5 Or “Messiah”