And because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them. 他们本是制造帐棚为业。保罗因与他们同业,就和他们同住做工。
One thinks of Amos the sheepherder, Socrates the stonemason, Omar the tentmaker. 人们记得牧羊人阿摩斯，石匠苏格拉底，帐篷匠奥马尔。
Although he was an apostle, he worked hard with his hands as a tentmaker, so that he did not become a burden on those to whom he preached. 虽然他是一名使徒，他作为一名帐蓬制造者勤奋工作，所以他没有成为被传教者的负担。
The Apostle Paul, a former rabbi, worked with his own hands as a tentmaker and exhorted others to work "heartily, as to the Lord. 使徒保罗原本是个拉比，他也工作亲手做帐篷，并劝勉他人发自内心的为神而工作。
but Paul, the tentmaker, or Peter, the fisherman, presided; 他们的宗教聚会与英国教会那种没有生气的形式主义大不相同，关于这一点，卫斯理写道：“整个聚会的非常简单和严肃的精神，几乎使我忘掉了一千七百年的距离，而想象自己是在参加那些不重外表和不拘形式的聚会，乃是制帐棚的保罗，或是作渔夫的彼得所主持的；
