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Acts 18:24-26 KJV
Acts · chapter 18 · verses 24–26 · King James Version
24And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. 25This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. 26And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.Acts 18:24-26 · King James Version
Acts 18:24-26 in context
22And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.
23And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
24And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
25This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
26And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
27And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:
28For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Alexandriaalexandreusa native or resident of Alexandria in EgyptG221 →
- scripturesgraphēa writing, thing written, the Scripture, used to denote either the book itself, or its…G1124 →
- diligentlyakribōsexactly, accurately, diligentlyG199 →
- synagoguesynagōgēa bringing together, gathering , a contracting, in the NT, an assembling together of men…G4864 →
- PriscillapriskillaPriscilla = " ancient" , a Christian woman, the wife of AquilaG4252 →
- expoundedektithēmito place or set out, put outside, expose, to set up, exhibit, metaph. to set forth…G1620 →
- eloquentlogioslearned, a man of letters, skilled in literature and the arts, esp. versed in history and…G3052 →
- certaintisa certain, a certain one, some, some time, a whileG5100 →
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The sacred history leaves Paul upon his travels, and goes here to meet Apollos at Ephesus, and to give us some account of him, which was necessary to our understanding some passages in Paul's epistles. I. Here is an account of his character, when he came to Ephesus. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 24-28