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# Connecting Statement:
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This is another part of the story of Paul's travels as he goes to Corinth.
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# General Information:
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Aquila and Priscilla are introduced to the story and verses 2 and 3 give background information about them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
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# After these things
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"After these events took place in Athens"
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# Athens
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Athens was one of the most important cities in Greece. See how you translated this in [Acts 17:15](../17/13.md).
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# There he met
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Possible meanings are that 1) Paul happened to find by chance or 2) Paul intentionally found.
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# a Jew named Aquila
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Here the phrase "a certain" indicates this is introducing new person in the story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-participants]])
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# a native of Pontus
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Pontus was a province on the southern coast of the Black Sea. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# had recently come
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This is probably sometime in the past year.
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# Italy
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This is the name of land. Rome is the capital city of Italy. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# Claudius had commanded
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Claudius was the current Roman emperor. See how you translated this in [Acts 11:28](../11/27.md).
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# he worked at the same trade
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"he did the same kind of work that they did"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/paul]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/corinth]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jew]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/aquila]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/priscilla]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/command]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rome]] |