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NASB | Acts 18:3 and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 18:3 and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them; and they worked together for they were tent-makers. |
Bible Question: Do these scriptures (Acts. 18:1-4) mean that Apostle Paul went to work making tents,earning money in the middle of his ministry? |
Bible Answer: Hi, Edd... Albert Barnes writes, "There have been various opinions about the meaning of this word. Many have supposed that it denotes 'a weaver of tapestry.' Luther so translated it. But it is probable that it denotes, as in our translation, 'a manufacturer of tents, made of skin or cloth.' In Eastern countries, where there was much travel, where there were no inns, and where many were shepherds, such a business might be useful, and a profitable source of living. It was an honorable occupation, and Paul was not ashamed to be employed in it." While John Gill writes, "either for the soldiers, and which were made of sack cloth of hair, or of leather, and of the skins of various animals, sewed together; hence the phrase, 'sub pellibus', 'under the skins', is used for to lie in tents: or those tents they made, were canopies made of linen, and other things, which were erected in the summer season to shade and screen from the heat of the sun; though others take them for a sort of tapestry, or hangings, which they made for theatres, palaces, and stately rooms; and according to the Syriac version, they were horses' trappings which they made." I hope that helps. In Him, Doc |
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