Where was Apollos from?
Apollos was born in Alexandria in Egypt, a city with a seminary of sorts where the Septuagint originated. He was a Jew from that intellectual Hebrew background and an eloquent man. He came first to Ephesus, across the Aegean Sea on the western shore of Turkey, before reaching Corinth.
Les explains that Apollos was a Jew born in Alexandria, Egypt, where a seminary existed and the Septuagint was produced by Jewish scholars around 300 years before Christ. He notes Jesus quoted from the Septuagint, confirming its validity. Apollos came out of that same intellectual Hebrew environment. He was eloquent, magnetic, and could hold a crowd, likely handsome and well dressed, with a gift of oratory that spellbound people. He first came to Ephesus, across the Aegean Sea on Turkey's western shore, before the Corinthian church.
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.