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Aquila and Paul
How Aquila and Paul are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Aquila and Paul stood together.
Paul lodged and worked with Aquila at Corinth, since both were tentmakers. He later wrote that Priscilla and Aquila had laid down their own necks for his life.
because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought
Acts 18:3, King James Version
Who have for my life laid down their own necks
Romans 16:4, King James Version
Where they cross: Acts 18:1-3
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Acts 18:1-3
1After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
2And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
3And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
Romans 16:4
4Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
King James Version