Acts 18:3
New International Version
and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them.

New Living Translation
Paul lived and worked with them, for they were tentmakers just as he was.

English Standard Version
and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.

Berean Standard Bible
and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.

Berean Literal Bible
and because of being of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked. For they were tentmakers by the trade.

King James Bible
And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

New King James Version
So, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked; for by occupation they were tentmakers.

New American Standard Bible
and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them, and they worked together, for they were tent-makers by trade.

NASB 1995
and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers.

NASB 1977
and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and they were working; for by trade they were tent-makers.

Legacy Standard Bible
and because he was of the same trade, he was staying with them and they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers.

Amplified Bible
and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them; and they worked together for they were tent-makers.

Christian Standard Bible
and since they were of the same occupation, tentmakers by trade, he stayed with them and worked.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and being of the same occupation, stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.

American Standard Version
and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought; for by their trade they were tentmakers.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And because he was a member of their craft, he stayed with them, and he was working with them in their craft, for they were Tentmakers.

Contemporary English Version
and found out they were tent makers. Paul was also a tent maker, so he stayed with them, and they worked together.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And because he was of the same trade, he remained with them, and wrought; (now they were tentmakers by trade.)

English Revised Version
and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought; for by their trade they were tentmakers.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
and because they made tents for a living as he did, he stayed with them and they worked together.

Good News Translation
and stayed and worked with them, because he earned his living by making tents, just as they did.

International Standard Version
and because they had the same trade he stayed with them. They worked together because they were tentmakers by trade.

Literal Standard Version
and because of being of the same craft, he remained with them, and was working, for they were tentmakers as to craft;

Majority Standard Bible
and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.

New American Bible
and, because he practiced the same trade, stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.

NET Bible
and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them (for they were tentmakers by trade).

New Revised Standard Version
and, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them, and they worked together—by trade they were tentmakers.

New Heart English Bible
and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

Webster's Bible Translation
And because he was of the same occupation, he abode with them, and wrought (for by their occupation they were tent-makers)

Weymouth New Testament
and because he was of the same trade--that of tent-maker--he lodged with them and worked with them.

World English Bible
and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

Young's Literal Translation
and because of being of the same craft, he did remain with them, and was working, for they were tent-makers as to craft;

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Context
Paul's Ministry in Corinth
2There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them, 3and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was. 4Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.…

Cross References
Acts 20:34
You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.

1 Corinthians 4:12
We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

1 Corinthians 9:12
If others have this right to your support, shouldn't we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:14
In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

1 Corinthians 9:15
But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let anyone nullify my boast.

1 Corinthians 9:18
What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preaching it.

2 Corinthians 11:7
Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?


Treasury of Scripture

And because he was of the same craft, he stayed with them, and worked: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

and wrought.

Acts 20:34,35
Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me…

1 Corinthians 4:12
And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

1 Corinthians 9:6-12
Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working? …

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Acts 18
1. Paul labors with his hands, and preaches at Corinth to the Gentiles.
9. The Lord encourages him in a vision.
12. He is accused before Gallio the deputy, but is dismissed.
18. Afterwards passing from city to city, he strengthens the disciples.
24. Apollos, being instructed by Aquila and Priscilla, preaches Christ boldly.














(3) 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 the Romans, from the name of the province, as Cilicium ( = sack-cloth). The material was one used for the sails of ships and for tents, and on the whole, though some have supposed that leather was used for the latter, it seems more probable that this was the material which St. Paul worked at. It may be added that Pontus, from which Aquila came, was also famous for the same manufacture, the material in each case being furnished by the goats which fed upon the slopes of the Taurus, and the mountain ranges of that province. The fact that St. Paul had learnt this trade is not inconsistent with the comparative opulence suggested by his education both in boyhood at Tarsus and at the feet of Gamaliel in Jerusalem. The Rabbinic proverb, that "He who does not teach his son a trade, teaches him to be a thief," made such instruction almost universal. So the great Hillel was a carpenter. Here, it is clear, he took the course of working for his livelihood, as he had done at Thessalonica, that he might keep himself from the suspicion of self-interest in his work as a teacher (1Corinthians 9:15-19; 2Corinthians 11:7-13). Such was the beginning of his labours at Corinth. A new artisan was working for wages, or as a partner, probably the latter, as afterwards with Philemon (Philemon 1:17), in the workshop of the Jew, not as yet known to the outer world as more than a Jew, who had recently arrived in Corinth from Rome.

(3) We may add to this motive the principle on which St. Paul acted of being "all things to all men," and, therefore, as a Jew to Jews (1Corinthians 9:20). A Nazarite vow would testify to all his brethren by blood that he did not despise the Law himself nor teach other Jews to despise it. (See Notes on Acts 21:21-24.) Such a vow, involving, as it did, for a time a greater asceticism than that of common life, furnishes a link in the succession of thoughts in 1Corinthians 9:22-25, between the Apostle's being made "all things to all men" and his "keeping under his body, and bringing it into subjection." . . .

Verse 3. - Trade for craft, A.V.; they wrought for (he) wrought, A.V. and T.R.; trade for occupation, A.V. (τέχνῃ). Of the same trade; ὁμότεχνον. This word occurs here only in the New Testament, but is of frequent use in Hippocrates, Dioscorides, and Galen (Hobart, as before). Tent-makers; σκηνοποιοί, which is paraphrased by σκηοῥῤάφοι, tent-stitchers or tailors, by Chrysostom and Theodoret. Hug and others erroneously interpret it "makers of tent-cloth," from the fact that a certain kind of cloth made of goats' hair, called κιλίκιον, was manufactured in Paul's native country of Cilicia. But the fact of such manufacture would equally lead persons who were living in Cilicia to exercise the trade of making tents of the cloth so manufactured. St. Paul alludes to his manual labor in Acts 20:33-35; 1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8, 9.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

he stayed
ἔμενεν (emenen)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3306: To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

worked
ἠργάζετο (ērgazeto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2038: To work, trade, perform, do, practice, commit, acquire by labor.

with
παρ’ (par’)
Preposition
Strong's 3844: Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.

them
αὐτοῖς (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

because
διὰ (dia)
Preposition
Strong's 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

they were
ἦσαν (ēsan)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

tentmakers
σκηνοποιοὶ (skēnopoioi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4635: A tent-maker. From skene and poieo; a manufacturer of tents.

by trade,
τέχνῃ (technē)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5078: Art, skill, trade, craft. From the base of tikto; art, i.e., a trade, or skill.

[just as]
ὁμότεχνον (homotechnon)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3673: Of the same trade or craft. From the base of homou and techne; a fellow-artificer.

he was.
εἶναι (einai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.


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