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Acts 18:1-3

King James Version (KJV)

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1. 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, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. 3. And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

Acts 18:1-3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Acts 18:1

Theological / Devotional

Paul departed. Textual evidence favors (cf. p. 10) the omission of “Paul,” reading “he departed.” To Corinth. About 40 mi. (64 km.) southwest of Athens. Paul could have journeyed along the Isthmus of Corinth, or by sea from Piraeus to Cenchreae. The city of Corinth was on the isthmus, and had a harbor on either shore — one at Cenchreae on the east and another at Lechaeum on the west. It had been of commercial importance from very early Greek times. Commerce had brought luxury and vice. Here Paul entered upon his labors, with far more fruitful results than at Athens.

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