Acts 18:3

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

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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; b...
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 g...
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 (...
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 up...
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...
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 en...
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 th...
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 Chr...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Second Missionary Journey (concluded) 1-18. St. Paul at Corinth. Corinth was the capital of the Roman province of Achaia. The ancient town had bee...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Tentmakers ] All Jews, however wealthy, were taught a trade.
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,...
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...
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...
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, w...
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...
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 a...
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 pr...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul Visits Corinth. 1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to...
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...
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 Tim...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

We are not told whether they formed a partnership, or whether Paul worked for Aquila as an employee, but they worked together as tentmakers/leatherwo...
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, th...
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 depart...
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 exc...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

And he went through Syria and Cilicia confirming the churches. Paul as a model for all gospel ministers He recognises the importance of-- I....
The Biblical Illustrator

And found a certain Jew named Aquila … with his wife Priscilla. Aquila and Priscilla No book is less systematic than the Bible, yet none has so...
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 sojo...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul at Corinth. Aquila and Priscilla and the beginning of the work:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them and wrought; for by their occupation they were tent-makers.
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...

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

Related Commentaries of Acts 18:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 18:3