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 his tents than in his study among his books and parchments, 2 Timothy 4:13. So Musculus, persecuted and driven out of his place, was forced for a poor living to dig and weave. (Melch. Adam.) And another late martyr, though he were one of the greatest scholars in Christendom, yet in banishment or flight for conscience served the mason.