Aquila
Male
eagle, a native of Pontus, by occupation a tent-maker, whom Paul met on his first visit to Corinth ( Acts 18:2 ). Along with his wife Priscilla he had fled from Rome in consequence of a decree (A.D. 50) by Claudius commanding all Jews to leave the city. Paul sojourned with him at Corinth, and they wrought together at their common trade, making Cilician hair-cloth for tents. On Paul's departure from Corinth after eighteen months, Aquila and his wife accompanied him to Ephesus, where they remained, while he proceeded to Syria ( Acts 18:18 Acts 18:26 ). When they became Christians we are not informed, but in Ephesus they were ( 1�Corinthians 16:19 ) Paul's "helpers in Christ Jesus." We find them afterwards at Rome ( Romans 16:3 ), interesting themselves still in the cause of Christ. They are referred to some years after this as being at Ephesus ( 2�Timothy 4:19 ). This is the last notice we have of them.
Named in 6 verses
- Acts 18:2 He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the J
- Acts 18:18 Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved hi
- Acts 18:26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
- Romans 16:3 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
- 1 Corinthians 16:19 The assemblies of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you warmly in the Lord, together with the assembly that is in their house.
- 2 Timothy 4:19 Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus.