Kisah Para Rasul 18:3

18:3 and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them ¹  (for they were tentmakers ²  by trade). ³ 

Kisah Para Rasul 20:34-35

20:34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine ⁴  provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me. 20:35 By all these things, ⁵  I have shown you that by working in this way we must help ⁶  the weak, ⁷  and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” ⁸ 

[18:3]  ¹ tn The prepositional phrase “with them” occurs only once in the Greek text, but since it occurs between the two finite verbs (ἔμενεν, emenen, and ἠργάζετο, hrgazeto) it relates (by implication) to both of them.

[18:3]  ² tn On the term translated “tentmakers,” see BDAG 928-29 s.v. σκνηοποιός. Paul apparently manufactured tents. In contrast to the Cynic philosophers, Paul at times labored to support himself (see also v. 5).

[18:3]  ³ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[20:34]  ⁴ tn The words “of mine” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied to clarify whose hands Paul is referring to.

[20:35]  ⁵ sn The expression By all these things means “In everything I did.”

[20:35]  ⁶ tn Or “must assist.”

[20:35]  ⁷ tn Or “the sick.” See Eph 4:28.

[20:35]  ⁸ sn The saying is similar to Matt 10:8. Service and generosity should be abundant. Interestingly, these exact words are not found in the gospels. Paul must have known of this saying from some other source.