Who took Apollos aside and explained the way of God more perfectly to him?
Aquila and Priscilla took Apollos aside and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. They were lowly tentmakers who heard him speak boldly in the synagogue. Though Apollos was a great speaker, he only knew the Gospel of the Kingdom, repentance and baptism, believing Jesus was the Christ.
Les explains that God always has the right person at the right place at the right time. Apollos was a great speaker who opened the Old Testament, but he knew nothing of Paul's Gospel. He only knew the Gospel of the Kingdom that had been preached earlier, involving repentance and baptism and believing that Jesus was the Christ. Aquila and Priscilla, two lowly tentmakers, took him aside and explained the way of God more perfectly. Les admires Apollos because, great man that he was, he sat down and listened to them.
And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
More Questions
What did Apollos know before Aquila and Priscilla taught him the way of God more completely?
At first Apollos knew only what had happened under John the Baptist’s preaching, namely that Jesus was the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of God.
How did Paul’s gospel knowledge compare to Apollos’s?
Paul operated by direct revelation from the Lord, whereas Apollos operated by instruction from other people.