What did Priscilla and Aquila do for Apollos, and why could they do it?
Priscilla and Aquila took Apollos aside and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. They could do this because they were in a position to tell Apollos something he did not know, having received knowledge that he lacked.
Les explains that Apollos only knew the Gospel of the Kingdom preached by Jesus, the twelve, and John the Baptist—repentance and baptism, believing Jesus was the Christ. He knew nothing of Paul's Gospel. God always has the right person at the right time. Priscilla and Aquila, described as lowly tent makers, took Apollos unto them and expounded the way of God more perfectly. Les admires Apollos because he listened to them. They were in a position to tell him something he did not know. Les says to back up in chapter 18 to see where they got their knowledge.
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.
Were Priscilla and Aquila able to teach Apollos something he didn't know?
Yes. Priscilla and Aquila took Apollos aside and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. Apollos knew only the Gospel of the Kingdom—repentance, baptism, and believing Jesus was the Christ—but he knew nothing of Paul's Gospel, so the two tentmakers could teach him what he did not know.
What did Priscilla and Aquila do for Apollos in Acts 18?
In Acts 18, Priscilla and Aquila heard Apollos speaking boldly in the synagogue, took him aside, and expounded to him the way of God more perfectly. They corrected his incomplete understanding by explaining what he did not know, since he knew only the Gospel of the Kingdom.
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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.