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# Aquila
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## Facts
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Aquila was a first-century Jewish Christian who, along with his wife, Priscilla, worked with Paul in his missionary work.
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* Aquila was a native of the province of Pontus, near the southern coast of the Black Sea.
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* Paul met Aquila and Priscilla in Corinth.
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* Aquila and Priscilla lived in Rome for a time before being expelled along with other Jews by Emperor Claudius.
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* The couple worked as tentmakers with Paul, as well as helping him with his missionary work.
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* Both Aquila and Priscilla are mentioned several times in the New Testament, as being helpers of Paul. They taught believers the truth about Jesus; one of those believers was a gifted teacher named Apollos.
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