Priscilla

Priscilla, also called Prisca, was a Jewish woman who had been expelled from Rome with all Jews by the emperor Claudius around AD 49. With her husband Aquila, she settled in Corinth where she met Paul, who also made tents for a living; they worked together for eighteen months. When Paul sailed for Syria, Priscilla and Aquila accompanied him as far as Ephesus, where they remained. In Ephesus they encountered Apollos, an eloquent Jewish man from Alexandria who taught about Jesus accurately but knew only the baptism of John. Priscilla and Aquila "took him aside" — quietly and privately — and explained the way of God to him more accurately. The text names Priscilla first in this encounter, as it often does in other references, suggesting she was the more prominent of the two.

Paul calls them "my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who risked their necks for my life" — likely a reference to some danger during his Ephesian ministry. They hosted a church in their house both in Ephesus and, after returning, in Rome. The New Testament mentions Priscilla six times and puts her name before her husband's in four of those instances, a notable departure from ancient convention that almost certainly reflects her leadership role.