Acts 18:25

This one had been taught the Derech Hashem and was on fire in the Ruach Hakodesh and saying shiurim and drashot accurate and true to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. But Rav Apollos was acquainted only with the tevilah of teshuva of Yochanan. + 18:25 See Lk 3:16

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.

In Context

24Now a certain man, a Yehudi, arrived in Ephesus, Apollos by name, hailing from Alexandria, a lamdan (a Torah scholar with prodigious knowledge), being tief (deep and profound, erudite, keen) in the Kitvei HaKodesh.

26And this rabbi began to speak with ometz lev (boldness) in the shul. And having heard him, Priscilla and Aquila took him and more accurately instructed him in the Derech Hashem.

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Cross References

Judges 2:22That through them I may test Yisroel, whether they will be shomrim Derech Hashem to walk therein, just as their Avot were shomer, or no.

Psalms 25:8[Tet] Tov and yashar is Hashem; 1 therefore will He teach chatta'im in the Derech. 1

Isaiah 40:3The voice of him that preacheth in the midbar: 1 Prepare ye the Derech Hashem, 1 make straight in the Aravah 1 a highway for Eloheinu. 1

Hosea 14:9Ephrayim shall say, What have I to do any more with atzabim? 1 It is I who answer and look after him; 1 I am like an evergreen cypress. 1 From Me is thy p'ri found. 1

Mark 1:3KOL KOREY BAMIDBAR + 1:3 TARGUM HASHIVIM Isa 40:3 (A voice of one shouting in the wilderness): Prepare the Derech Hashem (the way of the L-rd). Make his paths yashar (straight)!

Luke 3:1In the shenat chamesh esreh (15 th year) of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governing Yehudah, when Herod + 3:1 Antipas was tetrarch of the Galil, and when Philippos the brother of Herod Antipas was tetrarch of Iturea and Trachonitis, and at the same time Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,

Matthew Henry on Acts 18:25-28

The Character of Apollos. 24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. 25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. 26 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. 27 And when he was disposed… Read the whole commentary →

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