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.