Where was Apollos born?
Apollos was born in Alexandria, Egypt, as recorded in Acts 18:24. Alexandria was a center of intellectual Hebrews and Jews, and the place where the Septuagint originated. The scriptural record specifically identifies his birthplace as Alexandria in Egypt according to the text.
Les teaches that Apollos was one of the men God chose, and we pick him up in Acts chapter 18, verse 24. Apollos does not come to the Corinthian church immediately; he comes first to Ephesus, which is across the Aegean Sea on the western shore of Turkey. As Apollos comes to Ephesus, verse 24 says a certain Jew named Apollos was born in Alexandria in Egypt, where there was also a seminary of sorts. That is where the Septuagint originated, when Jewish scholars came together 300 years before Christ and translated the Hebrew Old Testament into Greek. Les explains it was a valid translation because Jesus quoted from the Septuagint, and He would not have if it were a forgery. Apollos came out of that same area of intellectual Hebrews, Jews, and he was an eloquent man. Les says this tells us he had the outward appearances of someone magnetic, someone who could hold a crowd. Les envisions he was probably a handsome gentleman, well dressed, and on top of everything else had the gift of oratory—he could spellbind people with his speech.
And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
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Did Apollos go straight to Corinth?
Apollos did not come to the Corinthian church immediately; he came first to Ephesus.