Tentmakers
tent'-mak-er (~skenopoios): Mentioned only once (Acts 18:3).
Paul's native province of Cilicia was noted for its goats'
hair cloth which was exported under the name of cilicium and
was used largely for tentmaking. We are told in the passage
mentioned that Paul dwelt with Aquila and Priscilla, and
worked with them at tent-making (compare Acts 2...
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And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and
wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers....
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TENT MATERIAL
The Bedouin's home is his tent, which is made of black goat's hair. He calls it beit sha'ar, i.e., "house of hair." It is made of coarse, heavy fabric, and serves to protect the family in winter from the cold winds; in the summer the sides are usually lifted, and the tent serves as a sunshade.3
This goat's hair cloth that is used in...
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PATCHING A TENT AND ENLARGING THE QUARTERS
New tents are very seldom made among the Bedouins. About the only time this happens is when a young groom and bride set up housekeeping for themselves in a different location from that of the groom's parents, and this rarely happens. The usual procedure is to accumulate the goat clippings of a year or so,...
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TENTMAKERS
Because of the large use of tents by the Hebrew people, there has been a great demand for tentmakers. Besides the ordinary tent used as a dwelling, many portable tents were made for the use of travelers. In New Testament times it was the custom to teach every Jewish boy some trade. As JESUS was a carpenter, so Paul was a tentmaker. Paul...
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