1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
AQUILA (FA/t{>Aas), (i) a Jew from Rome, who with his wife Prisca or Priscilla had settled in Corinth, where Paul stayed with them (Acts xviii. 2,3). They became Christians and fellowworkers with Paul, to whom they seem to have shown their devotion in some special way (Rom. xvi. 3, 4). (2) A native of Pontus, celebrated for a very literal and accurate translation of the Old Testament into Greek. Epiphanius (De Pond, et Mens. c. 1 5) preserves a tradition that he was a kinsman of the emperor Hadrian, who employed hi…
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