Apollos Speaks Boldly in Ephesus

²⁴ Now a Jew named ^(A)Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, ^(B)competent in the Scriptures. ²⁵ He had been instructed in ^(C)the way of the Lord. And ^(D)being fervent in spirit,^[a] he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only ^(E)the baptism of John. ²⁶ He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when ^(F)Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him ^(G)the way of God more accurately. ²⁷ And when he wished to cross to ^(H)Achaia, ^(I)the brothers encouraged him and ^(J)wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, ^(K)he greatly helped those who through grace had believed, ²⁸ for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures ^(L)that the Christ was Jesus.

Paul in Ephesus

19 And it happened that while ^(M)Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed ^(N)through the inland^[b] country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. ² And he said to them, ^(O)“Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, ^(P)we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” ³ And he said, ^(Q)“Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into ^(R)John's baptism.” ⁴ And Paul said, ^(S)“John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people ^(T)to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.” ⁵ On hearing this, ^(U)they were baptized in^[c] the name of the Lord Jesus. ⁶ And ^(V)when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and ^(W)they began speaking in tongues and ^(X)prophesying. ⁷ There were about twelve men in all.