Category:Priscilla & Aquila (subject)
Priscilla & Aquila, wife and husband, were leading members of the early church and Paul's companions.
Overview
Priscilla and Aquila were among the closest companions of Paul of Tarsus. The Jewish couple came from Rome after the expulsion of Jews from the capital by Emperor Claudius in 49 CE and settled in Corinth. Paul met them there during Paul's Second Missionary Journey. Their house became the meeting place of the local Christian community. They were tentmakers, like Paul, and had the skill and means to lead the community.
Priscilla and Aquila followed Paul when he left for Ephesus. In Ephesus they instructed "more accurately" Apollos in the "way of the Lord". Paul mentions Priscilla and Aquila in 1 Corinthians. Apparently, the couple came back to Corinth with Apollos. After 54 CE, when Claudius died and the ban against the Jews was lifted, they must have returned to Rome as Paul in his Letter to the Romans greets them as "my fellow workers in Christ Jesus (who) risked their lives for me" (Rom 16:3-4).
Priscilla & Aquila, in ancient sources
Acts of Apostles
Acts 18:2 -- And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them
Acts 18:18 -- After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.
Acts 18:26 -- He (Apollos) began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 16:19 -- The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Priscilla greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.
Romans
Romans 16:3-4 -- Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus. They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
2 Timothy
2 Timothy 4:19 -- Greet Priscilla and Aquila and the household of Onesiphorus
Priscilla & Aquila in literature & the arts
- Priscilla & Aquila (arts) -- survey of fictional works
Priscilla & Aquila in scholarship
- Priscilla & Aquila (research) -- survey of scholarly works
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