Acts 18:24-28

Christian Standard Bible

The Eloquent Apollos

²⁴ Now a Jew named Apollos,^(A) a native Alexandrian, an eloquent man who was competent in the use of the Scriptures, arrived in Ephesus. ²⁵ He had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit,^[a] he was speaking and teaching accurately about Jesus, although he knew only John’s baptism.^{(B) 26} He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. After Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside^[b] and explained the way of God to him more accurately.^{(C) 27} When he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers and sisters wrote to the disciples to welcome him. After he arrived, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.^{(D) 28} For he vigorously refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating through the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah.^(E)