Acts 18:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And there he came across a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who not long before had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had given orders that all Jews were to go away from Rome: and he came to them;

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  • 1 Cor 16:19 : 19 The churches of Asia send their love to you. So do Aquila and Prisca, with the church which is in their house.
  • 2 Tim 4:19 : 19 Give my love to Prisca and Aquila and those of the house of Onesiphorus.
  • Acts 11:28 : 28 And one of them, named Agabus, said publicly through the Spirit that there would be serious need of food all over the earth: which came about in the time of Claudius.
  • Acts 18:26 : 26 And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, took him in, and gave him fuller teaching about the way of God.
  • Rom 16:3-4 : 3 Give my love to Prisca and Aquila, workers with me in Christ Jesus, 4 Who for my life put their necks in danger; to whom not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are in debt:
  • Acts 18:18 : 18 And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla and Aquila being with him; and he had had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken an oath.
  • Acts 2:9 : 9 Men of Parthia, Media, and Elam, and those living in Mesopotamia, in Judaea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,
  • 1 Pet 1:1 : 1 Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to the saints who are living in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

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  • Acts 18:3-5
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    3 And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.

    4 And every Sabbath he had discussions in the Synagogue, turning Jews and Greeks to the faith.

    5 And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.

  • 1 After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth.

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    24 Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, and a man of learning, came to Ephesus; and he had great knowledge of the holy Writings.

    25 This man had been trained in the way of the Lord; and burning in spirit, he gave himself up to teaching the facts about Jesus, though he had knowledge only of John's baptism:

    26 And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, took him in, and gave him fuller teaching about the way of God.

    27 And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:

    28 For he overcame the Jews in public discussion, making clear from the holy Writings that the Christ was Jesus.

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    18 And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla and Aquila being with him; and he had had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken an oath.

    19 And they came down to Ephesus and he left them there: and he himself went into the Synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews.

  • 3 Give my love to Prisca and Aquila, workers with me in Christ Jesus,

  • Acts 18:7-8
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    7 And moving from there, he went into the house of a man named Titus Justus, a God-fearing man, whose house was very near the Synagogue.

    8 And Crispus, the ruler of the Synagogue, with all his family, had faith in the Lord; and a great number of the people of Corinth, hearing the word, had faith and were given baptism.

  • 19 The churches of Asia send their love to you. So do Aquila and Prisca, with the church which is in their house.

  • 1 And it came about that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having gone through the higher country, came to Ephesus, where there were certain disciples:

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    13 And from there, going about in a curve, we came to Rhegium: and after one day a south wind came up and on the day after we came to Puteoli:

    14 Where we came across some of the brothers, who kept us with them for seven days; and so we came to Rome.

    15 And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart.

    16 And when we came into Rome, they let Paul have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him.

    17 Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans.

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    11 And he was there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

    12 But when Gallio was ruler of Achaia, all the Jews together made an attack on Paul, and took him to the judge's seat,

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    19 Give my love to Prisca and Aquila and those of the house of Onesiphorus.

    20 Erastus was stopping at Corinth; but Trophimus, when I last saw him was at Miletus, ill.

  • 10 In Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews by birth and others who have become Jews,

  • 1 Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews:

  • 6 And there the captain came across a ship of Alexandria, sailing for Italy, and put us in it.

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    1 And when the decision had been made that we were to go by sea to Italy, they gave Paul and certain other prisoners into the care of a captain named Julius, of the Augustan band.

    2 And we went to sea in a ship of Adramyttium which was sailing to the sea towns of Asia, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

  • 24 But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla his wife, who was of the Jews by birth, and sent for Paul, and gave hearing to him about faith in Christ Jesus.

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    17 But when he was in Rome, he went in search of me everywhere, and came to me

    18 (May he have the Lord's mercy in that day); and of all he did for me at Ephesus you have full knowledge.

  • 3 Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had knowledge that his father was a Greek.

  • 30 And for the space of two years, Paul was living in the house of which he had the use, and had talk with all those who went in to see him,

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    4 And meeting the disciples we were there for seven days: and they gave Paul orders through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.

    5 And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea,

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    12 And from there to Philippi, which is the most important town of Macedonia and a Roman colony: and we were there for some days.

    13 And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer; and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together.

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    21 Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.

    22 And having sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself went on living in Asia for a time.

  • 7 Who was with the ruler, Sergius Paulus, an able man. This man sent for Barnabas and Saul, desiring to have knowledge of the word of God.

  • 2 And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.

  • 18 And having been made clean, I was in the Temple, but not with a great number of people, and not with noise: but there were certain Jews from Asia,

  • 27 This man was taken by the Jews, and was about to be put to death by them, when I came on them with the army and took him out of danger, having knowledge that he was a Roman.

  • 29 For they had seen him before in the town with Trophimus of Ephesus, and had the idea that Paul had taken him with him into the Temple.

  • 27 And saying these words, he went in, and saw that a great number of people had come together;

  • 17 So he had discussions in the Synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and every day in the market-place with those who were there.

  • 25 Whom he got together, with other workmen of the same trade, and said to them, Men, it is clear that from this business we get our wealth.

  • 19 And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.