What did Apollos not know because he was steeped in the kingdom economy?
Because Apollos was steeped in the kingdom economy, he knew only the baptism of John and nothing of the power of the cross or the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. He continued the message John the Baptist, Christ, and the Twelve had proclaimed to Israel.
Les explains that Apollos was an eloquent speaker with charisma who could magnetize his audiences. He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, was fervent in the Spirit, and taught diligently the things of the Lord, but he knew only the baptism of John. In other words, he was a Jew still steeped in the kingdom economy and knew nothing of the power of the cross or the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. He was only continuing the message that John the Baptist, Christ, and the Twelve had been proclaiming to Israel. Aquila and Priscilla, who had been with Paul in the tentmaking business and had received Paul's doctrines of grace, heard him speak boldly in the synagogue at Ephesus.
This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
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What was Apollos instructed in and what did he still not know?
Apollos, unlike Paul, had been taught by someone, and was instructed in the way of the Lord, fervent in the Spirit, and taught diligently the things of the Lord, yet knowing only the baptism of John.
How much did Apollos know when he came to Ephesus?
Apollos diligently spoke and taught the things of the Lord, but the limit of his knowledge was everything that had happened up to and including John's baptism.