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Priscilla and Aquila

A married couple — tentmakers, fellow workers with Paul, and gifted teachers who took Apollos aside to «explain the way of God more accurately.»

Priscilla and Aquila were Jewish believers expelled from Rome under Claudius. They settled in Corinth, where Paul stayed with them as fellow tentmakers and then traveled with them.

They are usually named together (often with Priscilla first, unusual for the time) — a picture of a marriage of shared ministry. They hosted churches in their home and, when needed, gently corrected even gifted teachers like Apollos.

Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

Acts 18:26 “And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him in and explained to him the way of God more accurately.” Romans 16:3 “Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,”

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