Who Was Apollos?

‪@awakenations‬
Acts 18:24-25 tells the story of Apollos. He came from Alexandria to Egypt. He had a reputation as a learned man who knew the Scriptures thoroughly. Alexandria was a center of knowledge and learning. No doubt it was prized in Alexandria to have extensive knowledge and be accurate in what you knew and taught.
Luke, a Greek and the author of Acts, was surely giving Apollos a high
compliment when he said Apollos taught about Jesus accurately. With the exception of baptism, Apollos seems to have been knowledgeable about the life and teachings of Jesus, and how they fit with the Scriptures of the Old Testament.
Priscilla and Aquilla were wife and husband. They had be personally taught by Paul and were leaders of the Ephesian church. They were impressed when they heard Apollos preach, and graciously invited him to their home. While there, the Bible says they “explained to him the way of God more adequately.”
The Bible doesn’t detail what “the way of God more adequately” means, but it makes sense that it would include showing him what living a godly life means. Knowing the facts is not enough.
Jesus made that point many times. Once he told the Pharisees, “You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.”

[@melissaunger1469]

Thank you.

[@richardglady3009]

I have since learned,after my previous comment, that this style of literature-explaining the inner thought processes and motivations of Biblical characters is centuries old. Pretty neat implementation of this strategy, allowing us to understand a little of this character.

[@richardglady3009]

That was a wonderful presentation. It brings to life a character from the New Testament with a great message. Thank you.

[@JoeGomez44]

was apollos a false prophet

[@Master_LaSon]

I can only find him in Acts and mentioned in a letter from Paul but the little bit there is makes him seem strong in script and able to speak with confidence in his word.
He hung out with John the Baptist prior to his mention in Acts and John's approach was different than that if Jesus whereas he was very loud and aggressive towards his audience as the region he spoke the word in was of people of different character than those where Jesus circulated.
Since he was grown in the word with Jesus cousin John who baptized Jesus and needed to be fit before God to prepare the baptism...
It stands to reason that Apollos was a man of upright character and it is a safe bet he was not a false prophet