For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
The verse describes Apollos after Aquila and Priscilla had explained the way of God more fully to him, giving him a clearer and fuller understanding of Scripture and of the doctrine of Christ. After that fuller knowledge he went to Corinth, sent with a letter from the Ephesian brethren commending him as a teacher in full harmony with the church. There he labored among the very Jews who had rejected the truth as preached by Paul, reasoning with them from house to house both publicly and privately.
He publicly and powerfully convinced them and proved from the Scriptures and the prophecies that Jesus, whom Paul had preached, is the Christ, the promised Messiah. In doing so he showed them Christ in prophecy and showed the Jews that their expectation of another Messiah to come was mistaken and vain. His preaching carried forward the work Paul had begun in Corinth, watering the seed of truth Paul had planted, strengthening the gospel there and giving standing to Paul's past labors among them.
His learning and eloquence could not by themselves bring anyone to conviction or repentance, since human efforts accomplish much only when cooperating with the divine power of the Holy Spirit working through human agents. Even preaching as eloquent as his or the apostle Paul's will not build up and widen the work without another kind of labor joined to preaching talent, pastoral effort and personal effort, an aggressive warfare carried into the very gates and houses.
The verse describes Apollos after Aquila and Priscilla had explained the way of God more fully to him, giving him a clearer and fuller understanding of Scripture and of the doctrine of Christ. After that fuller knowledge he went to Corinth, sent with a letter from the Ephesian brethren commending him as a teacher in full harmony with the church. There he labored among the very Jews who had rejected the truth as preached by Paul, reasoning with them from house to house both publicly and privately.
He publicly and powerfully convinced them and proved from the Scriptures and the prophecies that Jesus, whom Paul had preached, is the Christ, the promised Messiah. In doing so he showed them Christ in prophecy and showed the Jews that their expectation of another Messiah to come was mistaken and vain. His preaching carried forward the work Paul had begun in Corinth, watering the seed of truth Paul had planted, strengthening the gospel there and giving standing to Paul's past labors among them.
His learning and eloquence could not by themselves bring anyone to conviction or repentance, since human efforts accomplish much only when cooperating with the divine power of the Holy Spirit working through human agents. Even preaching as eloquent as his or the apostle Paul's will not build up and widen the work without another kind of labor joined to preaching talent, pastoral effort and personal effort, an aggressive warfare carried into the very gates and houses.