“And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.”
There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome — Claudius's expulsion (likely 49 AD) provides historical anchoring; Suetonius corroborates Jewish expulsion under Claudius. Aquila and Priscilla embody diaspora Jewish resilience and mobility.
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