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The Acts of the Apostles Chapter 18:1–28 Tentmaker and Apostle at Corinth 18.1 After this Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth. As far as we know after leaving Athens Paul never went back certainly never wrote a letter to any church there. He went on from there to the city of Corinth. 18:2 There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome. Paul approached them, In Corinth he became acquainted with a Christian Jew named Aquila a native of Pontus a country in Asia with his wife Priscilla they were refugees from Rome because the Emperor Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave, apparently because they were causing civil unrest. 18:3 and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them (for they were tentmakers by trade). This is the first time we are told that Paul had a trade as a tentmaker and as Aquila was also one they worked together. Apparently it was a regular custom for those who were well educated for Paul had been taught by Gamaliel to be a lawyer (Acts 22:3), to also learn a professional trade. Was Paul at this time guided by the Holy Spirit to work to support himself because of later trouble with the Christians at Corinth? (1 Corinthians 9:18, 2 Corinthians 11:7, 2 Thessalonians 3:8). As a minister of the Lord Jesus Christ he certainly had the right to expect to be paid for his services (1 Corinthians 9:3 - 12). 18:4 He addressed both Jews and Greeks in the synagogue every Sabbath, attempting to persuade them. Every Sabbath day he went to the synagogue speaking to both Jews and Gentiles trying to persuade them that Jesus Christ is the Messiah and Saviour of the world.