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# There he met
Possible meanings are that 1) Paul happened to find by chance or 2) Paul intentionally found.
# a Jew named Aquila
Here the phrase "a certain" indicates this is introducing new person in the story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-participants]])
# a native of Pontus
Pontus was a province on the southern coast of the Black Sea. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
# had recently come
This is probably sometime in the past year.
# Italy
This is the name of land. Rome is the capital city of Italy. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
# Claudius had commanded
Claudius was the current Roman emperor. See how you translated this in [Acts 11:28](../11/28.md).