Dict: smith - APOLLOS

smith:

APOLLOS - A>@ - (given by Apollo) a Jew from Alexandria, eloquent (which may also mean learned) and mighty in the Scriptures; one instructed in the way of the Lord, according to the imperfect view of the disciples of John the Baptist, kjv@Acts:18:24) but on his coming to Ephesus during a temporary absence of St. Paul, A.D. 54, more perfectly taught by Aquila and Priscilla. After this he became a preacher of the gospel, first in Achaia and then in Corinth. kjv@Acts:18:27 kjv@Acts:19:1) When the apostle wrote his First Epistle to the Corinthians, Apollos was with or near him, ( kjv@1Corinthians:16:12) probably at Ephesus in A.D. 57. He is mentioned but once more in the New Testament, in kjv@Titus:3:13) After this nothing is known of him. Tradition makes him bishop of Caesarea.