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Paul Embarks On a Third Journey. Priscilla And Aquila Update Apollos

²³ And having done some time there, he went forth^[a], going successively through the Galatian region^[b] and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples. ²⁴ Now a certain Jew— Apollos by name, an Alexandrian by nationality, an eloquent man— came to Ephesus, being powerful in the Scriptures. ²⁵ This one had been instructed as to the way of the Lord. And boiling in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing-about only the baptism of John. ²⁶ And this one began to speak-boldly in the synagogue. And having heard him, Priscilla and Aquila took him aside and explained the way of God to him more-accurately. ²⁷ And he wanting to go to Achaia, the brothers, having urged him forward, wrote to the disciples to welcome him; who, having arrived, greatly helped the ones having believed through grace. ²⁸ For he was vigorously^[c] refuting the Jews in public, showing through the Scriptures that the Christ is Jesus.

Paul Arrives In Ephesus. He Baptizes Some Disciples of Apollos

19 And it came about during Apollos’s being in Corinth that Paul, having gone through the upper regions, came down to Ephesus and found some disciples. ² And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit, having believed?” And the ones said to him, “But we did not even hear if ^[d] the Holy Spirit is given”. ³ And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” And the ones said, “Into John’s baptism”. ⁴ And Paul said, “John baptized a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus”. ⁵ And having heard it, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. ⁶ And Paul having laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they were speaking in tongues and prophesying. ⁷ And all the men were [totaling] about twelve.

Paul Ministers In Ephesus For Over Two Years, Teaching And Doing Miracles

⁸ And having entered into the synagogue, he was speaking-boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading as to the things concerning the kingdom of God. ⁹ But when some were becoming-hardened, and were disobeying, speaking-evil-of the Way before the assembly— having departed from them, he separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school^[e] of Tyrannus. ¹⁰ And this took place for two^[f] years, so that all the ones dwelling-in Asia heard the word of the Lord— both Jews and Greeks. ¹¹ And God was doing not the ordinary^[g] miracles by the hands of Paul— ¹² so that handkerchiefs or aprons^[h] were even being carried-forth^[i] from his skin to the ones being sick, and the diseases were being released from them, and the evil spirits were going out.