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Nowδέa certainτιςJewἸουδαῖοςnamedὀνόματιApollos,Ἀπολλῶςan AlexandrianἈλεξανδρεὺςby birth,τῷ γένειan eloquentλόγιοςman,ἀνὴρarrivedκατήντησενatεἰςEphesus,Ἔφεσονbeingὢνpowerfulδυνατὸςinἐνthe Scriptures.ταῖς γραφαῖς
Acts 18:24
Study it in the app“Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, arrived at Ephesus, being powerful in the Scriptures.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 18:24, word by word
- JewἸουδαῖοςIoudaios
Jew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaios” appears- namedὀνόματιonomati
name
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onomati” appears- ApollosἈπολλῶςApollōs
Apollos
Apollos, a Jew from Alexandria, eloquent and learned in the Scriptures, who later served in Corinth.
Where else “Apollōs” appears- an AlexandrianἈλεξανδρεὺςAlexandreus
Alexandrian
Alexandrian: a person from Alexandria, the great city of Egypt.
Where else “Alexandreus” appears- by birthγένειgenei
people
The nation or land someone is from.
Where else “genei” appears- an eloquentλόγιοςlogios
eloquent, learned
Eloquent, a skilled speaker; also learned.
Where else “logios” appears- manἀνὴρanēr
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “anēr” appears- arrivedκατήντησενkatēntēsen
arrive
To end a journey at a city or place.
Where else “katēntēsen” appears- EphesusἜφεσονEpheson
Ephesus
See it on the mapWhere else “Epheson” appears- beingὢνōn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ōn” appears- powerfulδυνατὸςdynatos
mighty
One who has strength and ability to act.
Where else “dynatos” appears- the Scripturesγραφαῖςgraphais
Scripture
Scripture: the sacred text; "the Scriptures", the Old Testament.
Where else “graphais” appears
Places in this verse
Ephesus
Today: Ephesus ruins, near Selçuk, Turkey
A great port city on the west coast of present-day Turkey.
Paul lived there about three years, teaching (Acts 19:1, 10; 20:31). The letter to the Ephesians and the first message in Revelation are addressed to its assembly (Eph 1:1; Rev 2:1).
The context
23And after spending some time there, he departed, going through the region of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
24 · This verse (above)
25He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, though knowing only the immersion of John.
To study Acts 18 in a group
1. What it says
With whom does Paul stay in Corinth, and what work did they do? (vv. 1-3)
2. What it means
Priscilla and Aquila take Apollos aside to explain the Way to him more accurately. How do they go about it? (vv. 24-26)
3. How I live it
Who has kindly helped you see something more clearly? How do you receive correction from another person?