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.
KJV
καὶ εὑρών τινα Ἰουδαῖον ὀνόματι Ἀκύλαν, Ποντικὸν τῷ γένει, προσφάτως ἐληλυθότα ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰταλίας καὶ Πρίσκιλλαν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ διὰ τὸ τεταχέναι Κλαύδιον χωρίζεσθαι πάντας τοὺς Ἰουδαίους ἀπὸ τῆς Ῥώμης, προσῆλθεν αὐτοῖς,
Greek NT
et inveniens quemdam Judæum nomine Aquilam, Ponticum genere, qui nuper venerat ab Italia, et Priscillam uxorem ejus (eo quod præcepisset Claudius discedere omnes Judæos a Roma), accessit ad eos.
Vulgate
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;
ASV
And finding a certain Jew, named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with Priscilla his wife (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome), he came to them.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
23 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- διατεταχέναι — SBLGNT
- διατεταχέναι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τεταχέναι — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἀπὸ — SBLGNT
- ἀπὸ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐκ — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. But by wars and rumors of wars, He means, what I before said, the troubles coming upon them. After this, because, as I have already said, they supposed after that war the end would come, see how He warns them, saying, But the end is not yet. For nation, He says, shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. Matthew 24:7 Of the preludes to the ills of the Jews does …
Covers the assassination of the emperor Caligula and the accession of Claudius. Josephus describes Agrippa I's role in Claudius's accession — the same Herod Agrippa who persecuted the early church and killed James the apostle (Acts 12). Also provides context for the expulsion of Jews from Rome mentioned in Acts 18:2.
Since the Jews constantly made disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus, he expelled them from Rome.
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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.
- 1Pet 1:1 — Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
- 2Tim 4:19 — Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
- 2Tim 4:19 — Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
- Acts 2:9 — Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
- Acts 2:9 — Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
- Acts 11:28 — And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
- Acts 11:28 — And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
- 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 18:18 — 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.
- Acts 27:1 — And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus’ band.
- Heb 13:24 — Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.
- Rom 16:3 — Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
- Rom 16:3 — Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: