2 Timothy 4:19

Salute Prisca and Aquila Prisca, or Priscilla, and her husband Aquila of Pontus had been driven from Rome with the Jews by the edict of the Emperor Claudius (Acts 18:2); they were staying at Corinth with St Paul -because they were of the same trade" (Acts 18:3); they accompanied him 18 months later to Ephesus (Acts 18:18) where they -further instructed Apollos" (Acts 18:24); were still there when St Paul wrote his first letter to Corinth (1 Corinthians 16:19); afterwards were again at Rome -cessante edicti saevitia," perhaps on business; their house became a place of assembly for the Christians, and they endangered their lives for St Paul (Romans 16:3). Now they seem settled at Ephesus. Dr Howson quotes Priscilla as the example of what the married woman may do for the general service of the Church, in conjunction with home duties, as Phœbe is the type of the unmarried servant of the Church or deaconess; and cites Archdeacon Evans as to her usefulness to Timothy at Ephesus. -In his dealings with the female part of his flock which in that time and country required peculiar delicacy and discretion, the counsel of the experienced Priscilla would be invaluable. Where for instance could he obtain more prudent and faithful advice than hers in the selection of widows to be placed upon the eleemosynary list of the church and of deaconesses for the ministry?" Dict. Bib. Priscilla.

the household of Onesiphorus See 2 Timothy 1:16-18 and notes.