2 where he met a Jew named Aquila. Aquila was originally from Pontus, and had just arrived from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius18:2. The Roman Emperor. had ordered all Jews expelled from Rome. Paul went to see them, 3 and because they were in the same business of tent-making, he stayed with them.
18 Paul stayed on for a while. Then he left the believers and sailed for Syria, taking Priscilla and Aquila along with him. He had his head shaved while in Cenchrae, because he had taken a vow.18:18. Vow: probably a Nazirite vow (see Numbers 6).
26 He started speaking openly in the synagogue. So when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited him to join them and explained the way of God to him more fully.