Acts 18:1-28
In Corinth
1 After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. 2 There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, 3 and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them. 4 Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.
5 When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.6 But when the Jews opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clear of my responsibility. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
7 Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. 8 Crispus, the synagogue ruler, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard him believed and were baptized.
9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. 10 For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.” 11 So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.
12 While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him into court. 13 “This man,” they charged, “is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law.”
14 Just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, “If you Jews were making a complaint about some misdemeanor or serious crime, it would be reasonable for me to listen to you. 15 But since it involves questions about words and names and your own law—settle the matter yourselves. I will not be a judge of such things.” 16 So he had them ejected from the court. 17 Then they all turned on Sosthenes the synagogue ruler and beat him in front of the court. But Gallio showed no concern whatever.
Priscilla, Aquila and Apollos
18 Paul stayed on in Corinth for some time. Then he left the brothers and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. Before he sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because of a vow he had taken. 19 They arrived at Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. 20 When they asked him to spend more time with them, he declined. 21 But as he left, he promised, “I will come back if it is God’s will.” Then he set sail from Ephesus. 22 When he landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church and then went down to Antioch.
23 After spending some time in Antioch, Paul set out from there and traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
24 Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures.25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with great fervor and taught about Jesus accurately, though he knew only the baptism of John. 26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately.
27 When Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On arriving, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed. 28 For he vigorously refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
St. Luke writes about Paul traveling to Corinth in Greece...St. Paul was in Corinth with a Jew named Aquila and his wife Priscilla...He also met another Jew named Apollos, who was a native of Alexandria...Apollos was well versed in the Scriptures...Apollos spoke with great fervor and taught about Jesus accurately...We are not told where Apollos learned about Jesus, but we do know he preached about Him...We are also told that Apollos knew of John the Baptist, and taught of baptism and to repent from sins as John the Baptist taught...Aquila and Priscilla added to Apollos' knowledge and helped him know the way of God more adequately....
St. Paul would start a church in Corinth...He stayed there awhile...St. Paul would write two letters to the Corinthians and mentions Apollos and his teachings of Christ (1 Corinthians 1:12), as well mentioning him in his letter to Titus (Titus 3:13)...Paul mentions Priscilla and Aquila in his closing of his first letter to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 16:19)...Paul also mentions Priscilla and Aquila in second his letter to Timothy (2 Timothy 4:19)...This group was part of the Early Apostles that helped spread the gospel of Jesus Christ to the earliest of Christians....
Priscilla was a woman, and would be one of the first women to teach the gospel of Jesus...We know she taught in her home with her husband Aquila...Since she is mentioned in one of the letters to Timothy, no doubt she read or knew about the restrictions on women that Paul writes about in Timothy (1 Timothy 2:1-15)...St. Paul used women in his ministry and mentions Priscilla and Aquila again in his letter to the Romans, as well as other women (Romans 16:1-27)...
Young Christians need guidance...Priscilla and Aquila assisted Apollos...St. Paul assisted Priscilla, Aquila, and Apollos...Even though they read Scripture, guidance is always good...Apollos, as well as Priscilla and Aquila, would further his learning about Jesus with what St. Paul knew and had learned...Paul learned from the disciples and his visits with Peter and James, Jesus brother (Galatians 1:18-24)...The early young teaching Christian background sometimes got them teaching a little bit different about Jesus, which caused some early questions (1 Corinthians 3:1-23)...Paul was great help to this group...They would over time learn and spread the message of God, His wonderful grace, and His Son...