Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
This man was instructed in the way of the Lord . . . knowing only the baptism of John—He was instructed, probably, by some disciple of the Baptist, in the whole circle of John's teaching concerning Jesus, but no more: he had yet to learn the new light which the outpouring of the Spirit at Pentecost had thrown upon the Redeemer's death and resurrection; as appears from Acts 19:2-3.
being fervent in the spirit—His heart warm, and conscious, probably, of his gifts and attainments, he burned to impart to others the truth he had himself received.
he spake and taught diligently—rather, "accurately" (it is the same word as is rendered "perfectly" in Acts 18:26).
EPISODE CONCERNING APOLLOS AT EPHESUS AND IN ACHAIA. (Acts 18:24-28)
a . . . Jew named Apollos—a contraction from Apollonius.
born at Alexandria—the celebrated city of Egypt on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean, called after its founder, Alexander the Great. Nowhere was there such a fusion of Greek, Jewish, and Oriental peculiarities, and an intelligent Jew educated in that city could hardly fail to manifest all these elements in his mental character.
eloquent—turning his Alexandrian culture to high account.
and mighty in the scriptures—his eloquence enabling him to express clearly and enforce skilfully what, as a Jew, he had gathered from a diligent study of the Old Testament Scriptures.
came to Ephesus—on what errand is not known.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 18:25:
Acts 18:24-25
Acts 18:28
1 Corinthians 16:19
Revelation 3:15
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