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ACTS 18:3 hvrga,zeto Æ eivrga,zeto {B}
The plural hvrga,zonto in several Alexandrian witnesses is probably an
accommodation to the plural forms immediately preceding and following....
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ACTS 18:2-4
The original form of the Western text, which in verses Acts 18:2 and
Acts 18:3 codex Bezae presents in a form somewhat accommodated to the
A...
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Verse Acts 18:3. _HE ABODE WITH THEM, AND WROUGHT_] Bp. Pearce
observes that it was a custom among the Jews, even of such as had a
better education than ordinary, which was Paul's case, Acts 22:3, to...
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THE SAME CRAFT - Of the same trade or occupation.
AND WROUGHT - And worked at that occupation. Why he did it the
historian does not affirm; but it seems pretty evident that it was
because he had no ot...
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CHAPTER 18
_ 1. In Corinth with Aquila and Priscilla. His Testimony and
Separation from the Jews (Acts 18:1)._
2. Encouragement from the Lord in a vision (Acts 18:9).
3. Paul and Gallio (Acts 18:12...
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PAUL AT CORINTH. Corinth (p. 832), the seat of the Roman proconsul,
was to the Christian missionary as good a field as Athens was the
opposite. A great seaport, it was much addicted to vice and luxury...
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After this Paul left Athens and came to Corinth. There he found a Jew
called Aquila, who was a native of Pontus, but who had newly arrived
from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had decr...
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PREACHING IN CORINTH (Acts 18:1-11)
Its very position made Corinth (G2882) a key city of Greece. Greece
is almost cut in two by the sea. On one side is the Saronic Gulf with
its port of Cenchrea and...
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OF THE SAME CRAFT. Greek. _homotechnos._ Only here.. word applied by
physicians to one another. The medical profession was called the
healing art (Greek. _techne)_.
ABODE. was abiding. See Acts 16:15...
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_And because he was of the same craft_ Among the Jews every Rabbi
deemed it proper to practise some handicraft, and they have a proverb
about R. Isaac, who was a smith, "Better is the sentence of the...
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Acts 18:1-11. PAUL GOES FROM ATHENS TO CORINTH, LABOURS THERE WITH HIS
OWN HANDS FOR HIS MAINTENANCE. HE IS ENCOURAGED IN HIS PREACHING BY A
VISION OF THE LORD...
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ΚΑῚ ΔΙᾺ ΤῸ ὉΜΌΤΕΧΝΟΝ ΕἾΝΑΙ, _and because he
was of the same craft_. Among the Jews every Rabbi deemed it proper to
practise some handicraft, and they have a proverb about R. Isaac, who
was a smith, ‘B...
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_PAUL'S GREAT SUCCESS AT CORINTH ACTS 18:1-11:_ After Paul's sermon in
the Areopagus and the good result of it he traveled to Corinth. At
Corinth he associated with Aquila and his wife Priscilla. They...
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AND BECAUSE HE WAS OF THE SAME CRAFT,— Aquila and Priscilla seem to
have had a house at Corinth; for they had settled so far in that city,
as to enter upon their usual employment, which was to make _t...
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IN CORINTH. Acts 18:1-17.
Acts 18:1
After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.
Acts 18:2
And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race,
lately come from Ita...
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See notes on verse 2...
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And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and
wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
AND BECAUSE HE WAS OF THE SAME CRAFT, HE ABODE WITH THEM. Whether
this couple we...
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3 While in Thessalonica he had been supported partly by gifts from
Philippi, but now he engaged in tentmaking as a means of. livelihood.
During his early days in Corinth his heart was continually occu...
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TENTMAKERS] All Jews, however wealthy, were taught a trade....
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SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONCLUDED)
1-18. St. Paul at Corinth. Corinth was the capital of the Roman
province of Achaia. The ancient town had been entirely destroyed in
146 b.c. by the Roman general...
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ST PAUL'S SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY, 49, 50 A.D. (ACTS 15:36 TO ACTS
18:22)
Having secured the formal recognition by the Twelve of Gentile
Christianity, St. Paul was free to resume his missionary labo...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 18
PAUL GOES TO CORINTH, 18:1-4
V1 After this, Paul left Athens and he went to Corinth. V2 In
Corinth, he met a *Jew called Aquila. Aquila had...
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BECAUSE HE WAS OF THE SAME CRAFT. — The calling was one which St.
Paul had probably learnt and practised in his native city, which was
noted then, as now, for the rough goat’s-hair fabrics known to th...
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διὰ τὸ ὁμότεχνον : the word is peculiar to St. Luke,
and although it is found in classical Greek and in Josephus, it is not
used in the LXX, and it may be regarded as a technical word used by
physicia...
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A GREAT MINISTRY IN A GREAT CITY
Acts 18:1
Paul tells us, in 1 Corinthians 2:1, that he entered Corinth with fear
and trembling and made no effort to attract by human wisdom or
eloquence. From the f...
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Leaving Athens, the center of the intellectual life of Greece, Paul
came to Corinth, its commercial center. There he joined Aquila, and
gave himself to the work of tent-making, while reasoning on the...
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Tentmaking With Aquila and Priscilla
In Corinth, Paul found two Jews, Aquila, who was from Pontus which was
a province between Bithynia and Armenia, and his wife Priscilla, who
was also known as Prisc...
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Critics are divided in their opinion about the nature of St. Paul's
employment: but it is generally supposed to be making tents of skins,
such as were formerly used by travellers and soldiers. (Tirinu...
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Fortunately Aquila and Priscilla, devout Jews, driven from Rome by the
Emperor Claudius, also experts in tent building, fall in with him,
becoming his first converts to the Christhood of Jesus and swe...
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After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth; (2)
And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from
Italy, with his wife Priscilla; because that (Claudius had...
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We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the
apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the
Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
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3._They were of the same trade. _This place teacheth that Paul, before
he came to Corinth, was wont to work with his hands; and that not upon
pleasure, but that he might get his living with his hand...
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At Thessalonica Paul twice received succour from Philippi; at Corinth,
where money and commerce abounded, he does not take it, but quietly
works with two of his countrymen of the same trade as himself...
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AND BECAUSE HE WAS OF THE SAME CRAFT, Art, occupation, or trade:
HE ABODE WITH THEM; in the same house in which they were:
AND WROUGHT; with his own hands, to support himself, for he was a
stranger...
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And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought:
for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
Ver. 3. _He abode with them and wrought_] Being no less busy in his
shop among his...
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_And found a certain Jew_ Afterward converted to the faith of Christ,
(Acts 18:26,) doubtless by the instrumentality of Paul; _born in
Pontus_ A province of the Lesser Asia, not far from Galatia and
C...
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CRAFT; trade, or occupation.
THEY WERE TENT - MAKERS; it was the custom of the Jews to have their
sons taught some mechanical art; that they might thus, in any
emergency, be able to provide for themse...
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AND BECAUSE HE WAS OF THE SAME CRAFT, HE ABODE WITH THEM AND WROUGHT;
FOR BY THEIR OCCUPATION THEY WERE TENT-MAKERS....
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PAUL AT CORINTH.
Aquila and Priscilla and the beginning of the work:...
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Paul leaves Athens and is directed to Corinth, a city as loose and
licentious as Athens, but where the gospel nevertheless found a
response. There he found a Jew named Aquila who had come with his wif...
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SO, BECAUSE HE WAS OF THE SAME TRADE, HE STAYED WITH THEM AND WORKED;
FOR BY OCCUPATION THEY WERE TENTMAKERS.
1. Dual occupation - Some preachers also work at another occupation
and also work for a...
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"and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they
wrought, for by their trade they were tentmakers" "Because he was of
the same trade" Notice how God is taking care of Paul. He needs...
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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...
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OF THE SAME CRAFT; the most learned amongst the Jews did always learn
some handicraft, and it was one of those things which they held a
father was bound to do for his child, viz. to teach him some tra...
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Acts 18:3 So G2532 because G1223 was G1511 (G5750) trade G3673 stayed
G3306 (G5707) with G3844 them...
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We are not told whether they formed a partnership, or whether Paul
worked for Aquila as an employee, but they worked together as
tentmakers/leatherworkers. It was customary for a Rabbi to have
learned...
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SUCCESSFUL MINISTRY IN CORINTH (18:1-17).
Paul had recognised that in a small town like Athens he could well
spare his companions and had sent Timothy off to Thessalonica, and
Silas to Macedonia, pos...
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Acts 18:3. AND BECAUSE HE WAS OF THE SAME CRAFT, HE ABODE WITH THEM,
AND WROUGHT (FOR BY THEIR OCCUPATION THEY WERE TENTMAKERS). We have
here the first mention of the handicraft by which, during so ma...
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BECAUSE HE WAS OF THE SAME TRADE
(δια το ομοτεχνον εινα). Same construction with
δια as above. Hομοτεχνον is an old word (ομοσ,
τεχνη), though here alone in N.T. Rabbi Judah says: "He that
teacheth...
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Paul had been preaching the gospel at Athens to the most famous men of
that city gathered at Areopagus.
Acts 18:1. _After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to
Corinth:_
Another most i...
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CONTENTS: Paul at Corinth. The careless Gallio. Paul takes a Jewish
vow. Apollos at Ephesus.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Paul, Aquila, Priscilla, Claudius, Silas, Timothy,
Justus, Crispus, Gallio, Sosthenes,...
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Acts 18:2. _Claudius had commanded all jews to depart from Rome._
Suetonius says that this was on account of Chrestus, [Christ] who
continually excited disturbances. This edict was issued in the ninth...
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AND STAYED AND WORKED WITH THEM. They both made tents. Every Jewish
boy was taught a manual trade, no matter what future had been planned
for him. They said: _"Whoever does not teach his son to work,...
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_And found a certain Jew named Aquila … with his wife Priscilla._
AQUILA AND PRISCILLA
No book is less systematic than the Bible, yet none has so complete a
code of faith and duty. Its statements of...
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_And he went through Syria and Cilicia confirming the churches._
PAUL AS A MODEL FOR ALL GOSPEL MINISTERS
He recognises the importance of--
I. Establishing new converts in the faith. In this visit...
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_After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth._
PAUL AT CORINTH
Paul entered, not the grand, classical Corinth, but a sort of
afterglow Corinth. The old city had been destroyed by...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 18:1 Corinth was Paul’s last major place of
witness on his second journey.
⇐ ⇔...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 18:1. PAUL.—Omitted in the best texts. How long the Apostle
stayed in Athens—Weiseler suggests fourteen days; Ramsay, three or
four weeks—and how he CAME TO CORINTH, whether b...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 18:1
_He _for _Paul, _A.V. and T.R. AFTER THESE THINGS, etc. No hint is
given by St. Luke as to the length of Paul's sojourn at Athens. But as
the double journey of the Beroeans, who...
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Let's turn now to the eighteenth chapter of Acts as we continue our
study through the Bible. At the end of the study last week, the end of
chapter seventeen, we found Paul speaking to the Epicurean an...
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1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Corinthians 9:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2
Corinthians 11:9;...
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Of the same craft [ο μ ο τ ε χ ν ο ν] It was a Rabbinical
principle that whoever does not teach his son a trade is as if he
brought him up to be a robber. All the Rabbinical authorities in
Christ's ti...
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They were tent makers by trade — For it was a rule among the Jews
(and why is it not among the Christians?) to bring up all their
children to some trade, were they ever so rich or noble....