Apollos

Apollos was a 1st century Alexandrian Jewish Christian.  Wow.  Talk about an interesting world view! 

He was very learned and he taught about Jesus accurately.  But he only knew the baptism of John and nothing about the salvation of Christ. 

This has always somewhat confused me because if he didn’t know about the salvation of Christ, what was he teaching about Jesus accurately?  So I thought I’d dive into it.  Well, a short dive. 

Turns out that Apollos knew Scripture very well.  He knew that the Messiah was coming and even believed that indeed, Jesus was that Messiah.  But he wasn’t making certain connections, the most important of which, in my mind, was the ministry of the Holy Spirit. 

John MacArthur says in his commentary, “He was a redeemed OT believer.”  You have to give him props though for being so teachable.  Once Priscilla and Aquila pulled him aside and filled in his knowledge gap, Apollos was off and running and was integral in building the churches at Ephesus and Corinth. 

When I think of Apollos, I always think of the book of Hebrews. You see, no one knows who wrote the book of Hebrews. We’ll talk more about that when we read it together, but for now, I’ll let you know that I fall into the camp who thinks Apollos wrote it. Hear me now…this is purely my opinion. Others have this opinion, but that’s all it is…no one knows.

If you want to know more about Apollos, I found a great bullet-pointed list at BibleWise.com. Let me know below what you found most interesting about our new friend Apollos.