Acts 18:2
2Andκαὶhaving foundεὑρώνa certainτιναJewἸουδαῖονnamedὀνόματιAquilaἈκύλαν,of PontusΠοντικὸντῷa nativeγένει,recentlyπροσφάτωςhaving comeἐληλυθόταfromἀπὸτῆςItalyἸταλίαςandκαὶPriscillaΠρίσκιλλανwifeγυναῖκαof himαὐτοῦbecause ofδιὰτὸhaving commandedδιατεταχέναιClaudiusΚλαύδιονto departχωρίζεσθαιallπάνταςtheτοὺςJewsἸουδαίουςout ofἀπὸτῆςRomeῬώμης,he cameπροσῆλθενto themαὐτοῖς,
And having found a certain Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, and Priscilla his wife, recently having come from Italy because of Claudius having commanded all the Jews to depart out of Rome, he came to them,
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Ποντικὸν
Ποντικός
belonging to Pontus.
προσφάτως
προσφάτως
recently, lately, newly.
Ἰταλίας
Ἰταλία
Italy.
Πρίσκιλλαν
Πρίσκιλλα
Prisca, Priscilla, the former being the more correct and formal name, the latter a diminutive and more familiar; a Roman lady, probably of good birth, wife of the Jewish Christian Aquila.
Κλαύδιον
Κλαύδιος
(a) Claudius, the fourth of the Roman Emperors, Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, who ruled A.D. 41-54, (b) Claudius Lysias, a tribune at Jerusalem.