Acts 18:24

World English Bible (2000)

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.

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  • 1 Cor 1:12 : 12 Now I mean this, that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," "I follow Apollos," "I follow Cephas," and, "I follow Christ."
  • 1 Cor 4:6 : 6 Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.
  • 1 Cor 16:12 : 12 Now concerning Apollos, the brother, I strongly urged him to come to you with the brothers; and it was not at all his desire to come now; but he will come when he has an opportunity.
  • Titus 3:13 : 13 Send Zenas, the lawyer, and Apollos on their journey speedily, that nothing may be lacking for them.
  • 1 Cor 3:5-6 : 5 Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him? 6 I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.
  • Ezra 7:6 : 6 this Ezra went up from Babylon: and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Yahweh his God on him.
  • Acts 6:9 : 9 But some of those who were of the synagogue called "The Libertines," and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen.
  • Acts 7:22 : 22 Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
  • Acts 18:28-19:1 : 28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ. 1 It happened that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples.
  • Acts 27:6 : 6 There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he 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 and so forth.
  • Isa 3:3 : 3 the captain of fifty, the honorable man, the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter.
  • Matt 13:52 : 52 He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things."
  • Luke 24:19 : 19 He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;
  • Exod 4:10 : 10 Moses said to Yahweh, "O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."
  • 1 Cor 2:1-2 : 1 When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. 2 For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
  • 2 Cor 10:10 : 10 For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised."
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

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

    26 He 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.

    27 When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;

    28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

  • Acts 19:1-2
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    1 It happened that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples.

    2 He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They said to him, "No, we haven't even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."

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    19 He came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

  • Acts 18:1-5
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    1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.

    2 He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,

    3 and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

    4 He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

    5 But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

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

  • Acts 18:23
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    23 Having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.

  • Acts 2:9-10
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  • Acts 17:1
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    1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

  • Acts 19:33-35
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    33 They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defense to the people.

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    35 When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, "You men of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn't know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus?

  • Acts 13:5-7
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    5 When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They had also John as their attendant.

    6 When they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar Jesus,

    7 who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.

  • 1 Cor 3:4-5
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    4 For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," aren't you fleshly?

    5 Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him?

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    18 amid which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a mob, nor with turmoil.

  • 2 Tim 1:18
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    18 (the Lord grant to him to find the Lord's mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.

  • Acts 17:17-19
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    17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.

    18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

    19 They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?

  • Acts 22:3
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    3 "I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are this day.

  • Acts 18:7
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    7 He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

  • Acts 19:17
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    17 This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

  • Acts 11:23-24
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  • Acts 28:23
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    23 When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about the Kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening.

  • Acts 8:30
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    30 Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"

  • Acts 21:28-29
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    28 crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!"

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    4 But the multitude of the city was divided. Part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

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  • Acts 15:21
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    21 For Moses from generations of old has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath."

  • Acts 6:9
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    10 As we stayed there some days, a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

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    8 He entered into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning the Kingdom of God.

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    19 He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;

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    19 When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things which God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.