1 After this, he[a] left from Athens and went to Corinth,
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where he found a Jewish man named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius[b] 41-54; he expelled all Jews from Rome in a.d. 49. had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul[c] came to them,
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and being of the same occupation, stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.
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He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and tried to persuade both Jews and Greeks.
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When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with preaching the message[d] and solemnly testified to the Jews that the Messiah is Jesus.
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But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his clothes[e] and told them, "Your blood is on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."