Editing Apollos (section)

===Acts of the Apostles===
Apollos is first mentioned as a Christian preacher who had come to Ephesus (probably in AD&nbsp;52 or 53), where he is described as "being fervent in spirit: he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning [[Jesus]], though he knew only the baptism of [[John the Baptist|John]]".<ref>{{Bibleref2|Acts|18:24-25}}</ref> [[Priscilla and Aquila]], a Jewish Christian couple who had come to Ephesus with the [[Paul the Apostle|Apostle Paul]], instructed Apollos:

:"When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more adequately."<ref>{{Bibleref2|Acts|18:26}}</ref>

The differences between the two understandings probably related to the Christian baptism, since Apollos "knew only the baptism of John". Later, during Apollos' absence, the writer of the [[Acts of the Apostles]] recounts an encounter between Paul and some disciples at Ephesus:
{{blockquote|And he said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism." And Paul said, "John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus." On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying.<ref>{{Bibleref|Acts|19:2-6}}</ref>}}

Before Paul's arrival, Apollos had moved from Ephesus to [[Achaia (Roman province)|Achaia]]<ref>{{Bibleref2|Acts|18:27}}</ref><ref>So the [[Alexandrian text-type|Alexandrian recension]]; the text in [[Papyrus 38|𝔓<sup>38</sup>]] and [[Codex Bezae]] indicate that Apollos went to Corinth. Joseph Fitzmyer, ''The Acts of the Apostles'' (New York: Doubleday, 1998), p. 639.</ref> and was living in [[Corinth]], the provincial capital of Achaia.<ref>{{Bibleref2|Acts|19:1}}</ref> Acts reports that Apollos arrived in Achaia with a [[Epistle to Corinth|letter of recommendation]] from the Ephesian Christians and "greatly helped those who through grace had believed, for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the [[Old Testament|Scriptures]] that the Christ was Jesus.<ref>{{Bibleref2|Acts|18:27-28}}</ref>