Acts 18:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Acts 18:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Acts 18:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 lux...
Acts 18:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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...
Acts 18:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 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...
Acts 18:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. He abode with them, and wrought - Bp. Pearce observes that it was a custom among t...
Acts 18:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Acts 18:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 cou...
Acts 18:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 mission...
Acts 18:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Acts 18:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Great Ministry in a Great City Acts 18:1-17 Paul tells us, in 1 Corinthians 2:1-4 , that he entered Corinth with fear and trembling and made no effort to attract by human wisdom or eloquence...
Acts 18:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Acts 18:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Acts 18:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 st...
Acts 18:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Acts 18:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 an...
Acts 18:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 wi...
Acts 18:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul Visits Corinth. 1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; 2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila,...
Acts 18:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Acts 18:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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,...
Acts 18:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 , wh...
Acts 18:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 mos...
Acts 18:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 ni...
Acts 18:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 destroye...
Acts 18:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 Be...
Acts 18:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul at Corinth. Aquila and Priscilla and the beginning of the work:
Acts 18:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:12 ; 1 Corinthians 9:6-12 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:9 ; 2 Corinthians 11:9 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:8 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:9 ; Acts 20:34 ; Acts 20:35
Acts 18:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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.

Acts 18:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 18:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 18:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 18:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 18:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 18:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 18:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 18:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 18:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 18:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 18:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 18:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 18:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 18:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 18:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 18:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 18:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 18:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 18:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 18:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 18:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 18:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 18:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 18:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 18:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 18:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 18:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes