Acts 18:24-28
New American Standard Bible
24 Now a Jew named (A)Apollos, an (B)Alexandrian by birth, [a]an eloquent man, came to (C)Ephesus; and he was proficient in the Scriptures. 25 This man had been instructed in (D)the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was accurately speaking and teaching things about Jesus, being acquainted only with (E)the baptism of John; 26 and [b]he began speaking boldly in the synagogue. But when (F)Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained (G)the way of God more accurately to him. 27 And when he wanted to go across to (H)Achaia, (I)the brothers encouraged him and wrote to (J)the disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he greatly [c]helped those who had believed through grace, 28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating (K)by the Scriptures that (L)Jesus was the [d]Christ.
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- Acts 18:24 Or a learned man
- Acts 18:26 Lit this man
- Acts 18:27 Or helped greatly through grace those who had believed
- Acts 18:28 I.e., Messiah
Acts 18:24-28
Lexham English Bible
The Early Ministry of Apollos
24 Now a certain Jew named[a] Apollos, a native[b] Alexandrian, arrived in Ephesus—an eloquent man who was well-versed in the scriptures. 25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and being enthusiastic in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things about Jesus, although he[c] knew only the baptism of John. 26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when[d] Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately. 27 And when[e] he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him[f] and[g] wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he[h] arrived, he[i] assisted greatly those who had believed through grace. 28 For he was vigorously refuting the Jews in public, demonstrating through the scriptures that the Christ[j] was Jesus.
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- Acts 18:24 Literally “by name”
- Acts 18:24 Literally “by nationality”
- Acts 18:25 Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“knew”) which is understood as concessive
- Acts 18:26 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
- Acts 18:27 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“wanted”)
- Acts 18:27 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Acts 18:27 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“encouraged”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Acts 18:27 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“arrived”) which is understood as temporal
- Acts 18:27 Literally “who”
- Acts 18:28 Or “Messiah”
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