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General Information:

The writer begins to give background information about Aquila and Priscilla. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background)

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.