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andκαὶbecauseδιὰ τὸhe wasεἶναιof the same trade,ὁμότεχνονhe stayedἔμενενwithπαρ’themαὐτοῖςandκαὶworked;ἠργάζετοforγὰρthey wereἦσανtentmakersσκηνοποιοὶby trade.τῇ τέχνῃ
Acts 18:3
Study it in the app“and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked; for they were tentmakers by trade.”
Paul joins Aquila and Priscilla, tentmakers like himselfWork and Rest
With the Greek beneath
Acts 18:3, word by word
- he wasεἶναιeinai
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “einai” appears- of the same tradeὁμότεχνονhomotechnon
of the same trade
Of the same trade, working at the same craft as another.
Where else “homotechnon” appears- he stayedἔμενενemenen
stay
Not to move from a place, to go on staying there.
Where else “emenen” appears- workedἠργάζετοērgazeto
work
To ply a trade with effort to support oneself.
Where else “ērgazeto” appears- tentmakersσκηνοποιοὶskēnopoioi
tentmaker
Tentmaker: one who makes tents, often of leather or goat-hair cloth.
Where else “skēnopoioi” appears- by tradeτέχνῃtechnēi
craft, art
Craft, trade, art.
Where else “technēi” appears
The context
2And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who had recently come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome; and he went to them,
3 · This verse (above)
4And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.
To study Acts 18 in a group
1. What it says
With whom does Paul stay in Corinth, and what work did they do? (vv. 1-3)
2. What it means
Priscilla and Aquila take Apollos aside to explain the Way to him more accurately. How do they go about it? (vv. 24-26)
3. How I live it
Who has kindly helped you see something more clearly? How do you receive correction from another person?