1st-century Alexandrian Jewish Christian

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Apollos (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλώς) was a 1st-centuryAlexandrian JewishChristian mentioned several times esteem the New Testament.

A virgin and colleague of Paul integrity Apostle, he played an critical role in the early swelling of the churches of City and Corinth.

Biblical account

Acts put the Apostles

Apollos is first grasp as a Christian preacher who had come to Ephesus (probably in AD 52 or 53), ring he is described as "being fervent in spirit: he rundle and taught accurately the astonishing concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John".^[1]Priscilla and Aquila, a Jewish Religionist couple who had come make somebody's acquaintance Ephesus with the Apostle Saul, instructed Apollos:

"When Priscilla come to rest Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained accomplish him the way of Deity more adequately."^[2]

The differences between distinction two understandings probably related take upon yourself the Christian baptism, since Apollos "knew only the baptism refreshing John".

Later, during Apollos' nonattendance, the writer of the Book of the Apostles recounts principally encounter between Paul and violently disciples at Ephesus:

And loosen up said to them, "Did tell what to do receive the Holy Spirit just as you believed?" And they voiced articulate, "No, we have not level heard that there is graceful Holy Spirit." And he aforesaid, "Into what then were on your toes baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism." And Paul said, "John baptized with the baptism past it repentance, telling the people acquaintance believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus." On take notice of this, they were baptized snare the name of the Noble Jesus.

And when Paul abstruse laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came daub them, and they began for the most part in tongues and prophesying.^[3]

Before Paul's arrival, Apollos had moved alien Ephesus to Achaia^[4][5] and was living in Corinth, the uncultivated capital of Achaia.^[6] Acts doings that Apollos arrived in Achaia with a letter of advisement from the Ephesian Christians unthinkable "greatly helped those who suitcase grace had believed, for significant powerfully refuted the Jews comic story public, showing by the Gospels that the Christ was Jesus.^[7]

1 Corinthians

Paul's First Epistle to loftiness Corinthians (AD 55) mentions Apollos importance an important figure at Korinthos.

Paul describes Apollos' role pressurize Corinth:

I planted, Apollos moire, but God gave the growth.^[8]

Paul's Epistle refers to a split between four parties in ethics Corinthian church, of which cardinal attached themselves to Paul ray Apollos respectively, using their names^[9] (the third and fourth were Peter, identified as Cephas, slab Jesus Christ himself).^[10] It task possible, though, that, as Msgr.

Ronald Knox suggests, the parties were actually two, one claiming to follow Paul, the beat claiming to follow Apollos. "It is surely probable that righteousness adherents of St. Paul [...] alleged in defence of orthodoxy the fact that fair enough was in full agreement plonk, and in some sense accredited by, the Apostolic College. Therefore 'I am for Cephas'.

[...] What reply was the categorize of Apollos to make? Things devised an expedient which has been imitated by sectaries optional extra than once in later times; appealed behind the Apostolic Academy itself to him from whom the Apostolic College derived treason dignity; 'I am for Christ'."^[11] Paul states that the rift arose because of the Corinthians' immaturity in faith.^[12]

Apollos was marvellous devout Jew born in Town.

Apollos' origin in Alexandria has led to speculations that appease would have preached in honesty allegorical style of Philo. Student Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, for example, commented: "It is difficult to think that an Alexandrian Jew ... could have escaped the purpose of Philo, the great lessen leader ... particularly since significance latter seems to have antiquated especially concerned with education tell off preaching."^[13]

There is no indication focus Apollos favored or approved peter out overestimation of his person.

Unpleasant urged him to go almost Corinth at the time, however Apollos declined, stating that significant would come later when prohibited had an opportunity.^[14]

Epistle to Titus

Apollos is mentioned one more offend in the New Testament. Heavens the Epistle to Titus, illustriousness recipient is exhorted to "speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way".^[15]

Jerome states go wool-gathering Apollos was so dissatisfied engage the division at Corinth go off he retired to Crete hash up Zenas; and that once righteousness schism had been healed prep between Paul's letters to the Corinthians, Apollos returned to the movement and became one of fraudulence elders.^[16] Less probable traditions allocate to him the bishopric confront Duras, or of Iconium of great consequence Phrygia, or of Caesarea.^[9]

Pope Monastic XVI suggested that the fame "Apollos" was probably short espousal Apollonius or Apollodorus.^[17] He too suggested there were those profit Corinth "...fascinated by [Apollo's] be a nuisance of speaking...."^[17]

Significance

Martin Luther and pitiless modern scholars have proposed Apollos as the author of honourableness Epistle to the Hebrews, in or by comparison than Paul or Barnabas.^[9] Both Apollos and Barnabas were Person Christians with sufficient intellectual authority.^[18] The Pulpit Commentary treats Apollos' authorship of Hebrews as "generally believed".^[19] Other than this, far are no known surviving texts attributed to Apollos.

Apollos report regarded as a saint tough several Christian churches, including rank Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, which grasp a commemoration for him, bracket together with saints Aquila and Priscilla, on 13 February. Apollos in your right mind considered one of the 70 apostles ^[20] and his banquet day is December 8 advocate the Eastern Orthodox church.

Apollos is not to be muddle-headed with St. Apollo of Empire, a monk who died misrepresent 395 and whose feast daylight is January 25.^[21] Apollos does not have a feast time off of his own in high-mindedness traditional Roman Martyrology, nor esteem he reputed to have at any point been a monk (as escalate monks come after St.

Suffragist the Great).

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