Apollos
Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or
death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;...
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As touching [our] brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to
come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all
to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have
convenient time....
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And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul
having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and
finding certain disciples,...
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(Απολλως; contracted from Apollonius) was a 1st century
Alexandrian Jewish Christian mentioned several times in the
New Testament. After the Christian couple Priscilla and Aquila
corrected his incomplete Christian doctrine, his special gifts
in preaching Jesus persuasively made him an important person
in the congregation at Corinth, Greece aft...
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a-pol'-os (Apollos, the short form of Apollonius): Apollos
was a Jew of Alexandrian race (Acts 18:24) who reached
Ephesus in the summer of 54 AD, while Paul was on his third
missionary journey, and there he "spake and taught
accurately the things concerning Jesus" (Acts 18:25). That
he was eminently fitted for the task is indicated by the
fac...
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An eloquent, Christian convert at Corinth
Ac 18:24-28; 19:1; 1Co 1:12; 3:4-7
-Refuses to return to Rome
1Co 16:12
-Paul writes Titus about
Tit 3:13...
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(given by Apollo) a Jew from Alexandria, eloquent (which may
also mean learned) and mighty in the Scriptures; one
instructed in the way of the Lord, according to the imperfect
view of the disciples of John the Baptist, Ac 18:24 but on his
coming to Ephesus during a temporary absence of St. Paul, A.D.
54, more perfectly taught by Aquila and Pri...
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a Jew "born at Alexandria," a man well versed in the
Scriptures
and eloquent (Acts 18:24; R.V., "learned"). He came
to Ephesus
(about A.D. 49), where he spake "boldly" in the
synagogue
(18:26), although he did not know as yet that Jesus
of Nazareth
was the Messiah. Aquila and Priscilla instructed him
more
perfectly in "the way of God", i....
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(Apollonius or Apollodorus). An Alexandrine Jew, "eloquent
(or learned) and mighty in the Scriptures" (which had been
translated into the famous Greek version, the Septuagint, at
his birthplace) (Acts 18:24-25). "Instructed in the way of
the Lord,"so far as John the Baptist could instruct hint;
for this had been the main subject of John's mini...
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