Acts 18:24

Acts 18:24 says, And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.  Apollos, a Jew from Alexandria, who had come to Ephesus.  He was an eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures.  Verse twenty-five adds, 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.  He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit, and he spoke and taught diligently the way of the Lord, but he only knew the baptism of John.  He was still looking for the Messiah to come.  Here in the Bible belt, as we are sometimes called, there are a lot of people who know about Jesus, but they do not know Him as their Savior.  Some may know what the Bible says better than about anyone, but they do not believe it is real.  Some may want to accept parts what they Bible teaches, but not all.  Verse twenty-six continues, 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.  They may be in need of an Aquila and Priscilla, who, when they heard Apollos took him aside and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.  Notice, they took him aside.  We don't need public confrontation but private consultation when we hear someone who is witnessing without knowing the whole truth of the gospel.  If we encounter someone who is witnessing, but we realize they don't know the truth of Christ, we need to draw them aside and expound to them the way of God more perfectly, so we can have an Apollos out witnessing with the whole truth. Their concern was for Apollos to know the truth of Christ.  Verse twenty-seven states, And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace: Apollos received their correction of his understanding and went to Acacia.  The brethren had sent a letter to the disciples there to receive him. Apollos helped those there which had believed through grace.  We weren't told why Paul brought Aquila and Priscilla with him, but we see the results.  Paul was not alone, and neither are we.  Verse twenty-eight adds, For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.  Like Paul, all we can do is use the scriptures, the Bible to show people that Jesus is the Christ, the promised Messiah.,