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Acts 18:3
and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.
Acts 18:3 · Berean Standard Bible
Acts 18:3 in other translations
And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.
and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.
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In context
1 After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
2 There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,
3 and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.
4 Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.
5 And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
6 But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
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