Who was Apollos?
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Apollos was an eloquent Jewish believer from Alexandria, mighty in the Scriptures and instrumental in the early church’s growth in Ephesus and Corinth. He was lovingly corrected by Priscilla and Aquila and became a respected colleague of Paul.
"He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures" (Acts 18:24). His preaching had power.
Yet he initially knew only the baptism of John. Priscilla and Aquila gently took him aside and "explained to him the way of God more accurately."
In Corinth, Paul references Apollos as a fellow servant ("I planted, Apollos watered") — the work was God’s, the workers his coworkers.
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