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Here he found a Jew, a native of Pontus, of the name of Aquila. He and his wife Priscilla had recently come from Italy because of Claudius's edict expelling all the Jews from Rome. So Paul paid them a visit;
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and because he was of the same trade--that of tent-maker--he lodged with them and worked with them.
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But, Sabbath after Sabbath, he preached in the synagogue and tried to win over both Jews and Greeks.
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Now at the time when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was preaching fervently and was solemnly telling the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
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But upon their opposing him with abusive language, he shook his clothes by way of protest, and said to them, "Your ruin will be upon your own heads. I am not responsible: in future I will go among the Gentiles."
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So he left the place and went to the house of a person called Titius Justus, a worshipper of the true God. His house was next door to the synagogue.