 Founding the Corinthian Church 1After this, he # Other mss read
Paul left Athens and went to Corinth, #Ac 17:15|NoBook| 19:11Co
1:22Co 1:12Tm 4:20 2where he found a Jewish man named Aquila,
#Ac 18:18Rm 16:3-51Co 16:192Tm 4:19 a native of Pontus, who had
recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because
Claudius # Roman emperor a.d. 41–54; he expelled all Jews from
Rome in a.d. 49. had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul
came to them, 3and being of the same occupation, stayed with
them and worked, for they were tentmakers # Or leatherworkers,
or less likely manufacturers of theatrical properties by trade.
#Ac 20:341Co 4:12|NoBook| 9:152Co 11:7|NoBook| 12:131Th 2:92Th
3:8 4He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and tried to
persuade both Jews and Greeks. #Ac 9:20|NoBook| 13:14|NoBook|
14:1|NoBook| 18:19 5When Silas and Timothy came down from
Macedonia, Paul was occupied with preaching the message # Other
mss read was urged by the Spirit and solemnly testified to the
Jews that Jesus is the Messi