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Priscilla
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Priscilla, also known as Prisca, was a prominent early Christian who, along with her husband Aquila, assisted the Apostle Paul and instructed Apollos in the faith.
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Where Priscilla appears
6 verses across 4 books.
Verses mentioning Priscilla
- 1Cor 16:19 — The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.
- 2Tim 4:19 — Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
- Acts 18:2 — 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.
- Acts 18:18 — And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he
- Acts 18:26 — And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
- Rom 16:3 — Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
The Church Fathers on Priscilla
Patristic commentary on the Scriptures that name Priscilla.
Greet Prisca and Aquila, my helpers in Christ Jesus (who laid down their own necks for my life: to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles), and the church that is in their house. These seem to me to be the same persons about whom it is written thus in the Acts of the Apostles: But after these things…
It must be noted that we must believe that women passed on the faith: see how completely desirous of salvation Apollos was, for even though he was an educated man and was well versed in the Scripture's secrets, he did not consider it worthless to learn the fullness of the faith from a woman. He did not become conceited as if he were…
"All the Churches of Asia salute you." He is continually making the members combine and cleave together in one by means of the salutation. "Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord;-for with them he was lodging, being a tent-maker-"with the Church which is in their house." This thing too is no small excellency, that they had…
"And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly." It was not for nothing that Paul left them at Ephesus, but for Apollos' sake, the Spirit so ordered it, that he might come with greater force to the attack upon…
Paul adds "in Christ Jesus" to show that Prisca (or Priscilla; both forms are found in the manuscripts) and Aquila were not merely Paul's hosts but that they were fellow evangelists as well.
Paul again went down to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, having had his head shaved; for to have the head shaved according to a vow was Jewish. And a sacrifice was also to be offered, which, however, did not take place after Sosthenes had been blinded; for the law was already being set aside, since they were restrained by…
Historic voices touch this life
22 passages from 10 historic works cite verses that mention Priscilla.
- Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible · 4 passages
- Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary · 4 passages
- John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · 4 passages
- Homilies on the Epistle to the Romans · 3 passages
- Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary · 2 passages
- Homilies on Matthew · 1 passage
- Antiquities of the Jews · 1 passage
- The Lives of the Caesars: Claudius · 1 passage
- Catechism of the Catholic Church · 1 passage
- Homilies on the First Epistle to the Corinthians · 1 passage