# Acts 18:3

> and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.

— Acts 18:3, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Corinth** (Achaia · today Corinth) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/corinth

## When

- c. AD 49-52 (counted from the text)
- Date source: Acts 18:12 puts Paul before Gallio, proconsul of Achaia in AD 51-52 by the Delphi inscription. It is the anchor of the whole chronology of Paul.

## Who ruled

- **Claudius**, emperor of Rome, AD 41-54 · Source: Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII
- **Gallio**, proconsul of Achaia, AD 51-52 · Source: Delphi inscription (SIG 801d), which dates his term; Acts 18:12. It is the only fixed date in Paul's chronology.
- **Herod Agrippa II**, king of Judea, AD 50-93 · Source: Josephus, Jewish War II; Antiquities XX
- **Antonius Felix**, procurator of Judea, AD 52-59 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XX.7-8; Tacitus, Annals XII.54

## See also

- 1 Corinthians 4:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/4/12
- 1 Thessalonians 2:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-thessalonians/2/9
- 2 Corinthians 11:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-corinthians/11/7
- 2 Corinthians 11:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-corinthians/11/9
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8-9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-thessalonians/3/8
- 2 Corinthians 12:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-corinthians/12/13
- Acts 20:34-35 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20/34
- 1 Corinthians 9:6-12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/9/6

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/3
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).