3and because they were of the same trade abode with them, and wrought. For they were tent-makers by trade.


In Context

1 And after these things, having left Athens, he came to Corinth;

2 and finding a certain Jew by name Aquila, of Pontus by race, just come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife, (because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome,) came to them,

3 and because they were of the same trade abode with them, and wrought. For they were tent-makers by trade.

4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

5 And when both Silas and Timotheus came down from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in respect of the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

Acts 18:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:3And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:3and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:3And because he was of the same trade, he remained with them, and wrought; (now they were tentmakers by trade.)

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:3and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought, for by their trade they were tentmakers.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:3and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought; for by their trade they were tentmakers.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:3And because he was of the same occupation, he abode with them, and wrought (for by their occupation they were tent-makers)

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:3and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:3and because of being of the same craft, he did remain with them, and was working, for they were tent-makers as to craft;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:3And because he was of the same craft, he stayed with them, and worked: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.