“And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.”
and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them — Paul's trade (skēnopoios, tentmaker) was not uncommon for rabbis; he maintains apostolic self-support. The shared craft forges immediate fraternal bond and practical mutuality.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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