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Acts 18:24

New American Bible - revised edition

A Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, an eloquent speaker, arrived in Ephesus. He was an authority on the scriptures.

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“Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven, greetings! And now,

this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe, well-versed in the law of Moses given by the Lord, the God of Israel. The king granted him all that he requested, because the hand of the Lord, his God, was over him.

Moses, however, said to the Lord, “If you please, my Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor now that you have spoken to your servant; but I am slow of speech and tongue.”

The captain of fifty and the nobleman, counselor, skilled magician, and expert charmer.

And he replied, “Then every scribe who has been instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom both the new and the old.”

And he replied to them, “What sort of things?” They said to him, “The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,

When they reached Ephesus, he left them there, while he entered the synagogue and held discussions with the Jews.

but as he said farewell he promised, “I shall come back to you again, God willing.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.

He vigorously refuted the Jews in public, establishing from the scriptures that the Messiah is Jesus.

While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior of the country and came [down] to Ephesus where he found some disciples.

There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship that was sailing to Italy and put us on board.

Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen, Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and people from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and debated with Stephen,

Moses was educated [in] all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds.

I mean that each of you is saying, “I belong to Paul,” or “I belong to Apollos,” or “I belong to Cephas,” or “I belong to Christ.”

Now in regard to our brother Apollos, I urged him strongly to go to you with the brothers, but it was not at all his will that he go now. He will go when he has an opportunity. Exhortation and Greetings.

I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written, so that none of you will be inflated with pride in favor of one person over against another.

For someone will say, “His letters are severe and forceful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.”

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, as in all wisdom you teach and admonish one another, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

Send Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey soon, and see to it that they have everything they need.




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