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Intro: Paul told the Jews at Ephesus that he would come again to Ephesus if the Lord was willing.
While Paul was gone to Jerusalem Luke tells us what was happening in Ephesus.
Apollos had come to Ephesus and there he was teaching in the synagogue.
Aquila and Priscilla heard him teach and found some deficiency in his teaching.
They took Apollos aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
Apollos heard and heeded their word to him and from there the believers in Ephesus sent Apollos to Achaia and Corinth as he desired to go.
In Achaia Apollos greatly helped the church and he refuted the Jews publicly and from the Scriptures he showed the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
The scene was set for Paul’s return to Ephesus.
Possibly the reference to “disciples” in refers to disciples of John the Baptist at Ephesus who had been baptized by John () but were not converted.
However, since mathētēs elsewhere in Acts always refers to Christians, it is more likely that the disciples Paul met in Ephesus were indeed Christians but had not experienced the baptism in the Holy Spirit (cf.
Horton, Complete Biblical Library, Acts, p.445).
poses some difficult questions.
Obviously there is a difference between the baptism of John the Baptist and that of Jesus.
Those in Ephesus had prepared themselves with John’s baptism, but they were still part of the old covenant community.
(Luke himself made this distinction between Jesus and John in : “The law and the prophets were [proclaimed] until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached.”)
Paul invited them to take the new covenantal step: baptism into (eis [1506B]) the name of Jesus.
Paul laid his hands upon them, and they received the Spirit, spoke in tongues, and prophesied ().
Complete Biblical Library Greek-English Dictionary, The - The Complete Biblical Library Greek-English Dictionary – Alpha-Gamma.
The Jack Andrews Expository Studies - The Jack Andrews Expository Studies – Understanding Acts - Volume 5.
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