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ACTS 18:24 VApollw/j ovno,mati
The name VApollw/j is an abbreviated form of VApollw,nioj (read here
by D). It may be that the variant reading VApellh/j 341 (a* 30...
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Verse Acts 18:24. _A CERTAIN JEW NAMED APOLLOS_] One MS., with the
_Coptic_ and _Armenian_, calls him _Apelles_; and the _Codex Bezae,
Apollonius_. It is strange that we should find a Jew, not only w...
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AND A CERTAIN JEW NAMED APOLLOS - Apollos afterward became a
distinguished and successful preacher of the gospel, 1Co 1:12; 1
Corinthians 3:5; 1 Corinthians 4:6;...
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CHAPTER 18
_ 1. In Corinth with Aquila and Priscilla. His Testimony and
Separation from the Jews (Acts 18:1)._
2. Encouragement from the Lord in a vision (Acts 18:9).
3. Paul and Gallio (Acts 18:12...
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APOLLOS AT EPHESUS. Apollos is well known to us from 1 Cor.; his name
was adopted by one of the Corinthian parties as their standard (1
Corinthians 1:12 *). Here we learn more about him, that he was a...
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PREACHING IN CORINTH (Acts 18:1-11)
Its very position made Corinth (G2882) a key city of Greece. Greece
is almost cut in two by the sea. On one side is the Saronic Gulf with
its port of Cenchrea and...
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A Jew called Apollos, who was a native of Alexandria and a man of
culture, arrived in Ephesus. He was able to use the scriptures to
great effect. This man had been instructed in The Way of the Lord. H...
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APOLLOS. Shortened form of Apollonius.
ELOQUENT. Greek. _logios._ Only here. The word may mean either
"eloquent", or "learned". The latter idea is expressed in the next
phrase.
MAN. Greek. _anir._ A...
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24–28. VISIT OF APOLLOS TO EPHESUS, AND HIS TEACHING THERE. HE IS
MORE FULLY INSTRUCTED BY AQUILA AND PRISCILLA, AND AFTERWARDS PASSING
OVER INTO ACHAIA, PREACHES CHRIST THERE WITH GREAT POWER...
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ἸΟΥΔΑΙ͂ΟΣ ΔΈ ΤΙΣ ἈΠΟΛΛῺΣ ὈΝΌΜΑΤΙ, _now
a certain Jew named Apollos_. The five verses following are a
digression to introduce the narrative of the next chapter.
The name Apollos is an abbreviation of A...
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_AN ACCOUNT OF APOLLO'S SPIRITUAL GROWTH ACTS 18:24-28:_ Apollos came
to Ephesus. He was powerful in speech and prudent. This man had a
great knowledge of Scriptures, but he knew only the baptism of J...
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DISCOURSE: 1793
CHARACTER AND MINISTRY OF APOLLOS
Acts 18:24. And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an
eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. This man
was instruct...
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AT EPHESUS. Acts 18:24 Acts 19:41
a.
Apollos teaching the baptism of John is corrected by Priscilla and
Aquila. Acts 19:24-28.
Acts 19:24
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24-26. (24) "_Now a certain Jew named Apollos, born in Alexandria, an
eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus._ (25)
_This man was instructed in the way of the Lord, and, being fer...
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And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man,
and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
AND A CERTAIN JEW NAMED APOLLOS - a contraction from Apollonius (in
which form...
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3 While in Thessalonica he had been supported partly by gifts from
Philippi, but now he engaged in tentmaking as a means of. livelihood.
During his early days in Corinth his heart was continually occu...
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SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONCLUDED)
1-18. St. Paul at Corinth. Corinth was the capital of the Roman
province of Achaia. The ancient town had been entirely destroyed in
146 b.c. by the Roman general...
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THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY, AUG. 52 A.D. TO PENTECOST 56 A.D. (ACTS
18:23 TO ACTS 21:16)
23. Visit to Galatia. St. Paul revisits Antioch in Syria and the
Churches of Galatia and Phrygia, founded in the...
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Apollos at Ephesus.
24. Apollos] The name is a contraction of Apollonius. He is mentioned
again Acts 19:1; 1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 3:4.;...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 18
PAUL GOES TO CORINTH, 18:1-4
V1 After this, Paul left Athens and he went to Corinth. V2 In
Corinth, he met a *Jew called Aquila. Aquila had...
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AND A CERTAIN JEW NAMED APOLLOS, BORN AT ALEXANDRIA. — The name was
probably a contraction of Apollonius or Apollodorus. The facts in the
New Testament connected with him show that he occupied a promi...
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CHAPTER 14
THE EPHESIAN CHURCH AND ITS FOUNDATION.
Acts 18:19; Acts 18:24; Acts 19:1
EPHESUS has been from very ancient times a distinguished city. It was
famous in the religious history of Asia Min...
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Ἀλεξ., _cf._ Acts 6:9, Schürer, _Jewish People_, div. ii., vol.
ii., p. 226, E.T. At Alexandria the LXX was written and Philo lived;
here too was the magnificent mosque of which it was said that he wh...
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NEW HELPERS IN THE GOSPEL
Acts 18:18
In unimportant matters Paul was still amenable to Hebrew customs and
rites, Acts 18:18. Probably he desired to conciliate his Judaizing
opponents so far as he cou...
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Leaving Athens, the center of the intellectual life of Greece, Paul
came to Corinth, its commercial center. There he joined Aquila, and
gave himself to the work of tent-making, while reasoning on the...
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Apollos
At Ephesus, an Alexandrian Jew named Apollos, who was an eloquent
speaker, began to preach about Jesus. Luke assured Theophilus that
Apollos was mighty in the scriptures and very accurate in...
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(8) And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent
man, [and] (n) mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
(8) Apollos, a godly and learned man, does not refuse to profit in the
s...
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Apollo...one mighty in the Scripture. Literally, powerful in the
Scripture, yet knew no baptism, but that of John. (Witham) --- When we
consider the great harvest, and few labourers, and the small tim...
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And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man,
and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. (25) This man was
instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spiri...
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We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the
apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the
Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
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_THE CHARACTER OF APOLLOS_
‘A certain Jew named Apollos.’
Acts 18:24
That Apollos should have left such a mark on the history of the
Church, and especially the Church at Corinth, is a striking proo...
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24._A certain Jew. _This ought for good causes to be ascribed to the
providence of God, in that whilst Paul is enforced to depart from
Ephesus, Apollos cometh in his place to supply his absence. And...
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At Thessalonica Paul twice received succour from Philippi; at Corinth,
where money and commerce abounded, he does not take it, but quietly
works with two of his countrymen of the same trade as himself...
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AND A CERTAIN JEW NAMED APOLLOS,.... Who by some is thought to be the
same with Apelles, Romans 16:10, his name is Greek, though he was a
Jew, not only by religion, but by birth, being of a Jewish ext...
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And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man,
_and_ mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
Ver. 24. _An eloquent man_] _Et eruditum sonat et prudentem, _ saith
Erasmus. It...
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_And a certain Jew_, &c. While Paul was thus visiting the churches of
Galatia and Phrygia, there came to Ephesus _a Jew, named Apollos_ A
native of Alexandria in Egypt; _an eloquent man, and mighty in...
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ALEXANDRIA; a city in the north part of Egypt, founded by Alexander
the Great, about three hundred years before Christ....
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and a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man,
and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus....
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The beginning of the third missionary journey:...
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Paul leaves Athens and is directed to Corinth, a city as loose and
licentious as Athens, but where the gospel nevertheless found a
response. There he found a Jew named Aquila who had come with his wif...
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NOW A CERTAIN JEW NAMED APOLLOS, BORN AT ALEXANDRIA, AN ELOQUENT MAN
_AND_ MIGHTY IN THE SCRIPTURES, CAME TO EPHESUS.
1. We are now introduced to Apollos.
1. He was born in Alexandria, in northern E...
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24-28 Apollos taught in the gospel of Christ, as far as John's
ministry would carry him, and no further. We cannot but think he had
heard of Christ's death and resurrection, but he was not informed a...
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APOLLOS; who is thought also to be called Apelles, ROMANS 16:10. BORN
AT ALEXANDRIA; his parents having lived there. AN ELOQUENT MAN; a
rational, prudent, and learned man. Though the kingdom of God is...
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24-26. (24) "_ Now a certain Jew named Apollos, born in Alexandria, an
eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus._ (25)
_This man was instructed in the way of the Lord, and, being fe...
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Acts 18:24 Now G1161 certain G5100 Jew G2453 named G3686 Apollos G625
born G1085 Alexandria G221 eloquent G3052 man...
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‘Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an
eloquent man, came to Ephesus, and he was mighty in the scriptures.'
Apollos was an Alexandrian from Egypt, which probably means that he
i...
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THE MINISTRY OF APOLLOS IN EPHESUS. HE IS INSTRUCTED IN THE WAY OF THE
LORD (18:24-26).
Meanwhile there arrived in the west of Asia Minor, in Ephesus, which
Paul had visited but had not yet really eva...
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_An Episode relating the Spread of the Teaching of John the Baptist
and his School, with a short Account of one famous Disciple of the
Baptist, A polios of Alexandria, Acts 18:24 to Acts 19:7_.
Acts 1...
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APOLLOS
(Απολλως). Genitive -ω Attic second declension. Probably a
contraction of Απολλονιος as D has it here.AN ALEXANDRIAN
(Αλεξανδρευς). Alexander the Great founded this city B.C.
332 and place...
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Paul had been preaching the gospel at Athens to the most famous men of
that city gathered at Areopagus.
Acts 18:1. _After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to
Corinth:_
Another most i...
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CONTENTS: Paul at Corinth. The careless Gallio. Paul takes a Jewish
vow. Apollos at Ephesus.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Paul, Aquila, Priscilla, Claudius, Silas, Timothy,
Justus, Crispus, Gallio, Sosthenes,...
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Acts 18:2. _Claudius had commanded all jews to depart from Rome._
Suetonius says that this was on account of Chrestus, [Christ] who
continually excited disturbances. This edict was issued in the ninth...
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A CERTAIN JEW NAMED APOLLOS. Alexandria was the cultural center of the
Greek-speaking Jews. The Septuagint [Greek translation of the Old
Testament] was written there; and the most magnificent synagogu...
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_And he went through Syria and Cilicia confirming the churches._
PAUL AS A MODEL FOR ALL GOSPEL MINISTERS
He recognises the importance of--
I. Establishing new converts in the faith. In this visit...
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And after he had spent some time [at Antioch] he departed, and went
over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia._--_
PAUL’S THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY
1. Nothing was said as to who went with him from C...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 18:24 ALEXANDRIA was an intellectual center in
Egypt with a world-famous library.
⇐...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 18:23. THE REGION OF GALATIA AND PHRYGIA.—See on Acts 16:6.
Acts 18:24. A CERTAIN JEW NAMED APOLLOS—a diminutive or pet name for
Apollomos, which occurs in Codex D. (Ramsay)....
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 18:1
_He _for _Paul, _A.V. and T.R. AFTER THESE THINGS, etc. No hint is
given by St. Luke as to the length of Paul's sojourn at Athens. But as
the double journey of the Beroeans, who...
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Let's turn now to the eighteenth chapter of Acts as we continue our
study through the Bible. At the end of the study last week, the end of
chapter seventeen, we found Paul speaking to the Epicurean an...
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1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 16:12; 1 Corinthians 2:1; 1
Corinthians 2:2;...
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Eloquent [λ ο γ ι ο ς]. Only here in New Testament. The word is
used in Greek literature in several senses. As logov means either
reason or speech, so this derivative may signify either one who has
th...
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An eloquent man, mighty in the Scriptures — Of the Old Testament.
Every talent may be of use in the kingdom of God, if joined with the
knowledge of the Scriptures and fervour of spirit....
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The first thing here observable, is, How the wisdom of God provided
for the several churches, that in the absence of one powerful preacher
they were supplied with another; when the providence of God c...