Acts 18:24

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Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well-versed in the Scriptures.

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  • 1 Cor 1:12 : 12 What I mean is this: One of you says, 'I follow Paul,' another, 'I follow Apollos,' another, 'I follow Cephas,' and still another, 'I follow Christ.'
  • 1 Cor 4:6 : 6 Brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your sake, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over and against another.
  • 1 Cor 16:12 : 12 Now concerning our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to come to you with the brothers, but it was not at all his desire to come now. He will come when he has the opportunity.
  • Titus 3:13 : 13 Diligently help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey, so that they will lack nothing.
  • 1 Cor 3:5-6 : 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.
  • Ezra 7:6 : 6 this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he had requested because the hand of the Lord his God was upon him.
  • Acts 6:9 : 9 However, some members of the Synagogue of Freedmen (as it was called), consisting of Jews from Cyrene, Alexandria, Cilicia, and Asia, rose up and began to debate with Stephen.
  • Acts 7:22 : 22 Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
  • Acts 18:28-19:1 : 28 For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Messiah. 1 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.
  • Acts 27:6 : 6 There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.
  • Ezra 7:12 : 12 "Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven. Perfect peace, and now:
  • Isa 3:3 : 3 The captain of fifty and the honored man, the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter.
  • Matt 13:52 : 52 Then he said to them, "For this reason, every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom both new treasures and old ones."
  • Luke 24:19 : 19 He asked, "What things?" They replied, "The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people.
  • Exod 4:10 : 10 Moses said to the LORD, 'Pardon me, Lord, but I am not eloquent—neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.'
  • 1 Cor 2:1-2 : 1 And when I came to you, brothers, I did not come with superior speech or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony of God. 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.
  • 2 Cor 10:10 : 10 For some say, 'His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speech is contemptible.'
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.

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    25He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.

    26He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

    27When Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers and sisters encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed.

    28For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Messiah.

  • Acts 19:1-2
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    1While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.

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    19They arrived at Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

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    1After this, Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth.

    2There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them.

    3Since they were of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them, for they were tentmakers by trade.

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  • 1 Cor 16:12
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    12Now concerning our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to come to you with the brothers, but it was not at all his desire to come now. He will come when he has the opportunity.

  • Acts 18:23
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    23After spending some time there, he departed and traveled throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

  • Acts 2:9-10
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  • 1 Cor 3:4-5
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    4For when someone says, 'I follow Paul,' and another, 'I follow Apollos,' are you not acting like mere humans?

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