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The new moon was spotted the evening of 5/28 in Israel! It is now the beginning of the 3rd Biblical month.

[Prisca and Aquila] who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well.
Romans 16:4 ESV

We have no record of where or how they put themselves in mortal danger for Paul, but this could be related to the riot instigated by Demetrius the silversmith in Ephesus as described in Acts 19:23-41.

If Prisca and Aquila already owned a home in Ephesus and were well known there, they might have had some hand in quieting and dispersing the protestors or in sheltering Paul from them. If this is the incident that he references, then Paul might have omitted the specifics to protect whatever economic and property interests they maintained in Ephesus.

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Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus...
Romans 16:3 ESV

Priscilla and Aquila were a wife and husband missionary team who often worked alongside Paul. Aquila was a Jew from the region of Pontus on the southern coast of the Black Sea. He and Priscilla had been residents of Rome at the time Claudius expelled the Jews, but lived for some years in Corinth where they met Paul on one of his earlier missionary journeys. They may have initially become acquainted because of their common trade as tentmakers.

They later left Corinth with Paul but stayed in Ephesus where they seem to have owned a second home (see v4) and began hosting the local assembly. See Acts 18. Sometime between AD 54, when Claudius died, and AD 57, when Paul wrote the letter to the Romans, they returned to Rome.

They appear to have been wealthy and connected, which makes me think they were most likely engaged more in the Mediterranean textile trade than in the hands-on process of making tents.

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Although Paul doesn’t say where he was when he wrote Romans, there are substantial clues to indicate that he was in Corinth.

✏️In 15:25-27, Paul mentions that he has just collected donations from the assemblies in Macedonia and Achaia and intends to deliver them to the believers Jerusalem. Corinth was the capital of Achaia.
✏️In 16:23, Paul says that he has been staying at the home of Gaius who also hosted the local assembly. The same name is mentioned in 1 Corinthians 1:14 as a resident of Corinth.
✏️Also in 16:23, Paul sends greetings from “Erastus, the city treasurer”. A paving stone near the theater in Corinth and dating to the first century bears an inscription that reads “Erastus in return for his aedileship [position as magistrate—AP] laid [the pavement] at his own expense”.
✏️In 16:1, Paul introduces Phoebe, a deaconess of the assembly at Cenchrea, which was only a few miles from Corinth.