Priscilla Πρίσκιλλα

Christian teacher. Priscilla, also known as Prisca, was a Jewish Christian and the wife of Aquila, who worked with Paul in his ministry and hosted a church in their home.

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Also called Prisca.

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Where Priscilla appears

Acts (3), Romans (1), 1 Corinthians (1), 2 Timothy (1)

Key verses

• Acts 18:2 first mention — 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.
• Acts 18:18 — And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
• Acts 18:26 — And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
• Romans 16:3 — Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
• 1 Corinthians 16:19 — The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.
• 2 Timothy 4:19 — Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.