Acts 18:2

Acts 18:2 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla (because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome); and he came to them.

Context of Acts 18:2

1After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth. 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; 3and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought; for by their trade they were tentmakers. 4And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

Acts 18:2 word by word

καὶ εὑρών τινα Ἰουδαῖον ὀνόματι Ἀκύλαν, Ποντικὸν τῷ γένει, προσφάτως ἐληλυθότα ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰταλίας, καὶ Πρίσκιλλαν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, διὰ τὸ διατεταχέναι Κλαύδιον χωρίζεσθαι πάντας τοὺς Ἰουδαίους ἀπὸ τῆς Ῥώμης, προσῆλθεν αὐτοῖς·Read the interlinear

• foundεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
• certainτιςtis · oneG5100
• JewἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• namedὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
• AquilaἈκύλαςAkulas · AquilaG207
• raceγένοςgenos · family: descendantG1085
• comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• ItalyἸταλίαItalia · ItalyG2482
• wifeγυνήgunē · woman: wifeG1135
• PriscillaΠρίσκιλλαPriscilla · PriscillaG4252
• ClaudiusΚλαύδιοςKlaudios · ClaudiusG2804
• commandedδιατάσσωdiatassō · to directG1299
• RomeῬώμηRhōmē · RomeG4516

Cross-references for Acts 18:2

• Acts 18:26and he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more accurately.
• Romans 16:3Salute Prisca and Aquila my fellow-workers in Christ Jesus,
• 1 Corinthians 16:19The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Prisca salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.
• 2 Timothy 4:19Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus.
• Acts 2:9Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, in Judæa and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,
• 1 Peter 1:1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
• Acts 11:28And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be a great famine over all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius.

Commentaries on Acts 18:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2A certain Jew named Aquila - Some have supposed that this Aquila was the same with the Onkelos, mentioned by the Jews. See the article in Wolfius, Bibl. Hebr. vol. ii. p. 1147. We have no evidence that this Jew and his wife were at this time converted to the Christian religion. Their conversion was most likely the fruit of St. Paul's lodging with them - Pontus. See the note on Acts 2:9. Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome - This edict of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2And found a certain Jew - Aquila is mentioned elsewhere as the friend of Paul, Romans 16:3; 2 Timothy 4:19; 1 Corinthians 16:19. Though a Jew by birth, yet it is evident that he became a convert to the Christian faith. Born in Pontus - See the notes on Acts 2:9. Lately come from Italy - Though the command of Claudius extended only to Rome, yet it was probably deemed not safe to remain, or it might have been difficult to procure occupation in any part of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3The Roman historian Suetonius mentions that the emperor Claudius Caesar ordered all Jews to leave Rome around AD 49 (Life of Claudius 25). Aquila and Priscilla were a remarkable husband and wife team in the early church. They worked as tentmakers, as did Paul. Paul probably lived and worked with Aquila and Priscilla during his time in Corinth (Acts 18:11; see Romans 16:3–4; 1 Corinthians 16:19). Paul had probably learned tentmaking when he was young. It…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-221-4. came to Corinth--rebuilt by Julius Cæsar on the isthmus between the Ægean and Ionian Seas; the capital of the Roman province of Achaia, and the residence of the proconsul; a large and populous mercantile city, and the center of commerce alike for East and West; having a considerable Jewish population, larger, probably, at this time than usual, owing to the banishment of the Jews from Rome by Claudius Cæsar (Ac 18:2). Such a city was a noble field for…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 18:2

• Aquila and Priscilla
• Banishment
• Claudius
• Italy
• Paul
• Pontus
• Priscilla
• Roman Empire
• Rome

In the dictionaries

• Aquila
• Pontus
• Priscilla
• Rome
• Prisca; Priscilla
• Priscilla, Prisca
• Rome, Roman
• Baptism
• Bear
• Blood

Commentaries on Acts 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings