Atlas Biblica

    person

    Aquila

    Ἀκύλας

    Aquila, along with his wife Priscilla, was a Jewish Christian who worked as a tentmaker and played a significant role in the early church, partnering with Paul in his ministry.

    verses
    6
    first named
    Acts 18:2
    last named
    2 Timothy 4:19
    period
    the New Testament
    role
    Man

    Description

    Who was Aquila?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Aquila was a Jewish Christian from Pontus who, along with his wife Priscilla, played a significant role in the early church. He is first mentioned in the book of Acts as a tentmaker who had recently come to Corinth from Italy due to the emperor Claudius' decree expelling all Jews from Rome. Paul, also a tentmaker, stayed and worked with Aquila and Priscilla during his time in Corinth.

    When Paul left Corinth, Aquila and Priscilla accompanied him to Ephesus. There, they met Apollos, an eloquent Jewish Christian from Alexandria who knew only the baptism of John. Aquila and Priscilla took Apollos aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately, enabling him to continue his effective ministry.

    In Paul's letter to the Romans, he sends greetings to Aquila and Priscilla, commending them as his co-workers in Christ Jesus who risked their lives for him. Paul also mentions that the church met in their house, indicating their significant role in hosting and supporting the local Christian community.

    Aquila and Priscilla are mentioned again in Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, where he sends greetings from them and the church that meets at their house. Finally, in Paul's second letter to Timothy, he asks Timothy to greet Aquila and Priscilla, demonstrating their ongoing involvement in the ministry and their close relationship with Paul and his associates.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Aquila9 of 9 entities the graph connects to Aquila, in 3 groups: kinship 1, company 2, events 6. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.PriscillaSpouse of · 11 events · 6 versesKinshipPaul’s stayTook part in · 3 versesPaul’s sailingTook part in · 2 versesCompanyPaul5 events · 182 versesSyria1 event · 116 versesEphesus1 event · 22 versesCorinth2 events · 11 versesApollos2 events · 10 versesItaly1 event · 6 versesEventsAquila

    Spouse of

    Took part in

    Stands in the same events as

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Aquila happensAll 2 places the claims about Aquila reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Corinth, Italy. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Aquila there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.CorinthItaly
    the New TestamentAll 2 places the claims about Aquila reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 6, across 4 books.

    1. Acts3 verses

      18:218:1818:26

    2. Romans1 verse

      16:3

    3. 1 Corinthians1 verse

      16:19

    4. 2 Timothy1 verse

      4:19

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Paul’s sailing and Paul’s stayPaulApostle to the Gentiles, author of many NT epistlesvia Paul’s stayCorinthAncient Greek city; recipient of Paul's epistlesvia Paul’s stayStayStay is a concept gathering 46 labelled instances in the text.via Paul’s sailingEphesusMajor city in Asia Minor; important center for early Christianityvia Paul’s sailingSailingSailing is a concept gathering 15 labelled instances in the text.via Paul’s sailingSyriaAncient region north of Israel, often in conflict

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    Sources

    What this rests on