Acts 18:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

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.

wrought. was working. Greek. ergazomai.

by their occupation. as to their craft. Greek. techne.

tentmakers. Greek. skenopoios. Only here. They wove the black cloth of goat's or camel's hair of which tents were made. Every Jewish boy was taught some handicraft. Compare 1 Corinthians 4:12. 1Th 2:9. 1 Thessalonians 4:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:8. The Rabbis said, "Whoever does not teach his son. trade is as if he brought him up to be. robber. "

Acts 18:3

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