Acts 18:26

Acts 18:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
• New International Version (NIV)He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

Context of Acts 18:26

24Now a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was proficient in the Scriptures. 25This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was accurately speaking and teaching things about Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John; and he began speaking boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God more accurately to him. 27And when he wanted to go across to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace, 28for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

Acts 18:26 word by word

οὗτός τε ἤρξατο παρρησιάζεσθαι ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ. ἀκούσαντες δὲ αὐτοῦ Πρίσκιλλα καὶ Ἀκύλας προσελάβοντο αὐτὸν καὶ ἀκριβέστερον αὐτῷ ἐξέθεντο τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ θεοῦ.Read the interlinear

• he beganἄρχωarchō · be firstG757
• speakingπαρρησιάζομαιparrhēsiazomai · to preach boldlyG3955
• in the synagogueσυναγωγήsunagōgē · synagogueG4864
• PriscillaΠρίσκαPriska · PriscaG4251
• and AquilaἈκύλαςAkulas · AquilaG207
• heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• him, they tookπροσλαμβάνωproslambanō · to takeG4355
• and explainedἐκτίθημιektithēmi · to explain/exposeG1620
• the wayὁδόςhodos · roadG3598
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• moreἀκριβῶςakribōs · exactlyG199

Cross-references for Acts 18:26

• Acts 14:3Therefore they spent a long time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that signs and wonders be performed by their hands.
• Isaiah 58:1“Cry loudly, do not hold back; Raise your voice like a trumpet, And declare to My people their wrongdoing, And to the house of Jacob their sins.
• Ephesians 6:19and pray in my behalf, that speech may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
• Acts 18:2And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them,
• Acts 8:31And he said, “Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
• Acts 28:23When they had set a day for Paul, people came to him at his lodging in large numbers; and he was explaining to them by solemnly testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them concerning Jesus, from both the Law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning until evening.
• Proverbs 1:5A wise person will hear and increase in learning, And a person of understanding will acquire wise counsel,
• Proverbs 9:9Give instruction to a wise person and he will become still wiser; Teach a righteous person and he will increase his insight.
• Proverbs 22:17Extend your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your mind to my knowledge;
• Proverbs 25:12Like an earring of gold and a jewelry piece of fine gold, Is a wise person who offers rebukes to a listening ear.
• Matthew 18:3and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you change and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
• Mark 10:15Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”
• Luke 19:26‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more shall be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away.
• Luke 24:27Then beginning with Moses and with all the Prophets, He explained to them the things written about Himself in all the Scriptures.
• John 7:17If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is of God, or I am speaking from Myself.
• 1 Corinthians 3:18Take care that no one deceives himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.

Commentaries on Acts 18:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26They took him unto them - This eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures, who was even a public teacher, was not ashamed to be indebted to the instructions of a Christian woman, in matters that not only concerned his own salvation, but also the work of the ministry, in which he was engaged. It is disgraceful to a man to be ignorant, when he may acquire wisdom; but it is no disgrace to acquire wisdom from the meanest person or thing. The adage is good…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26And expounded - Explained. The way of God - Gave him full and ample instructions respecting the Messiah as having already come, and respecting the nature of his work.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-28Verses 24-28 Apollos taught in the gospel of Christ, as far as John's ministry would carry him, and no further. We cannot but think he had heard of Christ's death and resurrection, but he was not informed as to the mystery of them. Though he had not the miraculous gifts of the Spirit, as the apostles, he made use of the gifts he had. The dispensation of the Spirit, whatever the measure of it may be, is given to every man to profit withal. He was a lively…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-26Alexandria was the second-largest city in the Roman Empire. It was known for its strong tradition of public speaking and for the writings of Philo, a Jewish philosopher. Apollos was a skilled speaker and knew the Scriptures (the Old Testament) very well. However, his understanding of Jesus and the Holy Spirit was incomplete. He did not yet understand that believers can experience the Holy Spirit’s power in their lives now. Priscilla and Aquila kindly took…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. speak boldly in the synagogue, whom when Aquila and Priscilla heard--joying to observe the extent of Scripture knowledge and evangelical truth which he displayed, and the fervency, courage, and eloquence with which he preached the truth. they took him unto them--privately. and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly--opening up those truths, to him as yet unknown, on which the Spirit had shed such glorious light. (In what appears to be the…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 18:26

• Apollos
• Aquila and Priscilla
• Ephesus
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• Orator
• Priscilla
• Synagogue
• Women
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Commentaries on Acts 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings