and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.
3. They were of the same trade. This place teacheth that Paul, before he came to Corinth, was wont to work with his hands; and that not upon pleasure, but that he might get his living with his handiwork. It is not known where he first learned his occupation; notwithstanding it appeareth by his own testimony that he wrought principally at Corinth.
Paul left Athens not driven by persecution but by cold reception and little hope of fruit. He came to Corinth, that splendid city, and there worked as a tent-maker, for the Jews rightly taught their sons a trade, and an honest craft is no shame, not even for a scholar bred at Gamaliel's feet.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 18:1-6
And because he was of the same craft, Art, occupation, or trade: he abode with them; in the same house in which they were: and wrought; with his own hands, to support himself, for he was a stranger in this place; and as yet here was no church to minister to him; and when there was, he would take nothing of them, that the false...