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858 B
858 B
General Information:
The writer begins to give background information about Aquila and Priscilla. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background)
There he met
Possible meanings are that 1) Paul happened to find by chance or 2) Paul intentionally found.
a Jew named Aquila
Here the phrase "a certain" indicates this is introducing new person in the story. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-participants)
a native of Pontus
Pontus was a province on the southern coast of the Black Sea. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names)
had recently come
This is probably sometime in the past year.
Italy
This is the name of land. Rome is the capital city of Italy. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names)
Claudius had commanded
Claudius was the current Roman emperor. See how you translated this in Acts 11:28.