Priscilla and Aquila were a first-century Christian missionary married couple described in the New Testament. Aquila is traditionally listed among the Seventy Disciples. They lived, worked, and travel
Detail from Paul in the house of Saints Aquila and Priscilla by Jan van der Venne, 1616-1651.
Paul staying in the house of Saints Aquila and Priscilla by Jan van de Venne, 17th century: Paul is at left, writing a letter; Priscilla is at right, spinning, and her husband Aquila is in the background, working on the loom.
Priscilla illustration from the Women of the Bible, Harold Copping
Miniature in the Menologion of Basil II
The seventy disciples, known in the Eastern Christian traditions as the seventy apostles, were early emissaries of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. The number of those disciples varies between e
Priscilla and Aquila
…Priscilla and Aquila were a first-century Christian missionary married couple described in the New Testament. Aquila is traditionally listed among the Seventy Disciples. They lived, worked, and traveled with the Apostle Paul, who described them as his "fellow workers in Christ Jesus" (Romans 16:3). Priscilla and Aquila…
Icon of the Seventy Apostles
Erastus, Olympus, Rhodion, Sosipater, Quartus and Tertius
Patrobulus, Hermas, Linus, Caius, Philologus