Acts 18 verses 24 - 28
(Interlinear Bible Translation)
24 But a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus, being powerful in the Scriptures.
25 This one was taught by mouth in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things about the Lord, having understood only the baptism of John.
26 And this one began to speak boldly in the synagogue. And hearing him Priscilla and Aquila took him and more accurately expounded the way of God to him.
27 And he having intended to go through into Achaia, having been encouraged the brothers wrote to the disciples to welcome him; who, having arrived much helped those who were believing through grace.
28 For he powerfully confuted the Jews publicly, proving through the Scriptures Jesus to be the Christ.
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Retranslation (24): This one whose name means ‘Satan’, the Destroyer, and who comes from a place meaning ‘man-defender’ by birth, is an orator or public speaker, and he comes to Ephesus, and speaks intelligently about the Scriptures.
Retranslation (25): This one was apprised of God’s mode and means through instruction in the rudiments and principles of God: God’s self-Existent manner of being, the divinely fair form, the infinite model, the permanent bent of Mind towards its beloved idea; . . .
. . . and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things about the Lord, having understood merely through the “baptism [“baptizo”] of John”. In other words, he had only technical or figurative knowledge about God,----he was still a cucumber! He was in the letter only, not yet having been immersed in the Spirit to become a pickle, dyed or stained forever, no going back to cucumberhood.
The Pickle lecture:
Retranslation (26): And this one began to speak boldly in the synagogue. And hearing him Priscilla and Aquila took him and more accurately and perfectly declared God’s modes and means to him, casting out error and declaring more exact truths.
Retranslation (27): And he having intended to go through into Achaia, having been encouraged the brothers wrote to the disciples to welcome him; who, having arrived much helped those who were believing through the divine influence on the heart (grace). NOTE: Apollos, who is well-educated in the letter, is able to help those who experience God without book-learning or formal instruction.
Retranslation (28): Openly and publicly, showing through the Scriptures, he cogently convinced the Jews, that Jesus is the Messiah.
NOTE: How would Apollos have proved Jesus was the Christ through the Scriptures (Torah)?
1. He was the son of a virgin;
2. He was anointed ----- through the baptism of John; completely immersed in the Spirit; a dove, the symbol of peace, descends upon him; he is consecrated to God’s mission; he is furnished with the spirit of God without measure, fully employed in doing good;
3. He did the works of God.
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Apollos 625 probably from the same as 624; Apollos, an Israelite:----Apollos.
624 Apollian, from the pagan deity Apollon (i.e. sun; from 622); Apollonia, a place in Macedonia:-----Apollonia.
622 apollymi, from 575 and the base of 3639; to destroy fully (reflexive to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively:----destroy, die, lose, mar, perish.
623 Apollyon, active participle of 622; a destroyer (i.e. Satan):----Apollyon.
Alexandrian 221 [223 Alexandros, 220 (aleko, to ward off) + 435 (aner); man-defender
eloquent 3052 logios, from 3056 (logos); fluent, i.e. an orator:-----eloquent.
Ephesus 2181
being 5607
powerful 1415 dynatos, from 1410; powerful or capable (lit. or fig.); neuter possible:---able, could, (that is) mighty (man), possible, power, strong.
capable (Origins Dict.) LL capabilis, capacious, (then) capable, itself from capere (stem cap-), to take in one’s hands, to contain, to take. On the stem, cap-, arises the adjective capax, able to hold or contain, hence spacious. This Latin root cap- and its meaning is included in the following words: anticipate, occupy, participate, recuperate, recover, accept, conceive, perceive, receive, deceive, inception, emancipation, prince, principal, and principle, inter alia.
capable (1828 Dict.)
- Able to hold or contain; able to receive; sufficiently capacious.
- Endued with power competent to the object.
- Possessing mental powers; intelligent; able to understand, or receive into the mind; having a capacious mind; as a capable instructor; a capable judge.
- Susceptible; as, capable of pain or grief.
- Qualified for; susceptible of; as, a thing is capable of long duration.
- Qualified for, in a moral sense; having legal power of capacity; as, a bastard is not capable of inheriting an estate.
in 1722 en, a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537); “in,” at, on, upon, by, etc. Often used in compounds with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition:-----about, after, against, almost, altogether, among, as, at, before, between, by here by (+ all means), for (. . .sake of), give self wholly to, in, herein, into, inwardly, mightily, (because) of, on, upon, -ly (e.g. openly, speedily), outwardly, one, quickly, shortly, that, there, therein, thereon, through, throughout, to, unto, toward, under, when where, wherewith, while, with, within.
Scriptures 1124 graphe, from 1125; a document, i.e. holy Writ (or its contents or a statement in it):-----scripture.
orally taught 2727 katacheo, from 2596 and 2279; to sound down into the ears, i.e. (by implication) to indoctrinate (“catechize”) or (generally) to apprise of:-----inform, instruct, teach.
catechism (1828 Dict.) [Gr. katacheo, to sound (echo), to utter sound, to teach by the voice, hence catechism, instruction.]
- A from of instruction by means of questions and answers, particularly in the principles of a religion.
- An elementary book containing a summary of principles in any science or art, but appropriately in religion, reduced to the form of questions and answers, and sometimes with notes, explanations, and references to authorities.
indoctrination (ibid.)[L. in + doctrina, learning.]
1. Instruction in the rudiments and principles of any science; information.
way 3598 hodos, a road; by implication a progress (the route, act, or distance); figuratively a mode or means:-----journey, way, highway.
mode (ibid.) [L. modus, to find, to meet. The primary sense of mode is measure, hence form. Measure is from extending, the extent, hence a limit; and hence the derivative sense of restraining. See Meet and Measure.]
- Manner of existing or being; manner; method; form; fashion; custom; way; as the mode of speaking; the mode of dressing; modes of receiving or entertaining company.
- Gradation; degree.
- State; quality.
- In metaphysics, the dependence or affection of a substance. Such complex ideas as contain not in them the supposition of subsisting by themselves, but are considered as dependencies or affections of substances, Locke calls modes. Of these he makes two kinds; simple modes, which are only variations or different combinations of the same idea, as a dozen, which consists of so many units added together; and mixed modes, which are compounded of simple ideas of several kinds, as beauty, which is compounded of color and figure.
A mode is that which cannot subsist in and of itself, but is esteemed as belonging to and subsisting by the help of some substance, which for that reason is called its subject. Watts.
dependence or dependency (ibid.) [L. de + pendo, to hang.]
- A state of hanging down from a supporter.
2. Any thing hanging down; a series of things hanging to another. “And made a long dependence from the bough.” Dryden
- Connection by which one thing is sustained by another, in its place, operations or effects, or is affected by it. “But of this frame the bearings and the ties, The strong connections, nice dependencies.” Pope.
- A state of being at the disposal of another; a state of being subject to the will of an intelligent cause, or to the power and operation of any other cause; inability to sustain itself without the aid of. “We ought to feel our dependence on God for life and support. The child should be sensible of his dependence on his parents. In the natural and moral world, we observe the dependence of one thing on another.
- Reliance; confidence; trust; a resting on; as, we may have a firm dependence on the promises of God.
Dependent n. (ibid.) One who is at the disposal of another; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for support or favor; a retainer; as, the prince was followed by a numerous train of dependents.
affection n. (ibid.)
3. A bent of mind towards a particular object, holding a middle place between disposition, which is natural, and passion, which is excited by the presence of its exciting object. Affection is a permanent bent of the mind formed by the presence of an object, or by some act of another person, and existing without the presence of its object.
6. In a general sense, an attribute, quality or property which is inseparable from its object; as, love, fear and hope are affections of the mind; figure, weight, etc., are affections of the body.
Lord 2962 kyrios, from kyros (supremacy); supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication Mister (as a respectful title):-----God, Lord, master, Sir.
fervent 2204 zeo, to be hot (boil, of liquids; or glow, of solids), i.e. (fig.) be fervid (earnest):-----be fervent.
in spirit 4151 pneuma, from 4154; a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, daemon, or (divine) God, Christ’s spirit, the Holy Spirit:-----spirit, spiritual, spiritually, mind, life, ghost. Compare 5590.
4154 pneo, a primary word; to breathe hard, i.e. breeze:-----blow. Compare 5594.
5590 psyche, from 5594; breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstract or concrete (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from 4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from 2222, which is merely vitality even of plants; these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew H5315, H7307 and H2416):-----heart, heartily, life, mind, soul, us, you.
accurately 199 akribos, adverb from the same as 196; exactly:------circumspectly, diligently, perfect, perfectly.
196 akribestatos, superlative of akribes (a derivative of the same as 206); most exact:----most exact.
206 akron, neuter of a adjective probably akin to the base of 188; the extremity:----one end . . other, tip, top, uttermost part.
188 akmen, accusative of a noun (“acme”) akin to ake (a point) and meaning the same; adverbially just now, i.e. still:----yet.
187 akamazo, from the same as 188; to make a point, i.e. (fig.) mature:-----be fully ripe.
about 4012 peri, from the base of 4008; properly through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period.) In compounds it retains substantially the same meaning of circuit (around), excess (beyond), or completeness (through):-----about, thereabout, above, against, at, on behalf of, and his company, which concern, (as) concerning, for, how it will go with, of, thereof, whereof, on, over, pertaining (to), for sake, state, estate, (as) touching, by, whereby (in), with.
4008 peran, apparently accusative of an obsolete derivative of peiro (to “pierce”); through (as adverb or prep.), i.e. across:-----beyond, farther, (other) side, over.
the Lord 2962
having understood 1987 epistamai, apparently a middle of 2186 (with 3563 implied); to put the mind upon, i.e. comprehend, or be acquainted with:----know, understand.
only 3440 monon, neuter of 3441 as adverb; merely:-----alone, but, only.
3441 monos, probably from 3306; remaining, i.e. sole or single; by implication mere:---alone, only, by themselves.
3306 meno, a primary verb; to stay (in a given place, state, relation or expectancy):----- abide, continue, dwell, endure, be present, remain, stand, tarry (for), thine own.
the baptism 908 baptisma, from 907; baptism (technical or figurative):----baptism.
907 baptizo, from a derivative of 911; to make whelmed (i.e. fully wet); used only (in the N.T.) of ceremonial ablution, especially (technically) of the ordinance of Christian baptism:-----baptist, baptize, wash. [CUCUMBER, BOILED]
911 bapto, a primary very; to whelm, i.e. cover wholly with a fluid; in the N.T. only in a qualified or specific sense, i.e. (literally) to moisten (a part of one’s person), or (by implication) to stain (as with a dye):----dip. [PICKLE, BOILED WITH VINEGAR]
John 2491 Joannes of Hebrew origin [H3110]; Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelites:-----John.
H3110 yohanan, a form of H3076; Jochanan, the name of nine Israelites:----Johanan.
H3076 yehohanan, from H3068 and H2603; Jehovah-favored; Jehochanan, the name of eight Israelites:-----Jehohanan, Johanan. Compare H3110.
H2603 hanan, a primitive root [compare H2583]; properly to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition):----beseech, fair, favour, find favour, shew favour, be favourable, be gracious, deal graciously, give graciously, grant graciously, intreat, merciful, be merciful, have mercy, have mercy on, shew mercy, have pity upon, pray, make supplication, very.
more accurately 197 akribesteron, neuter of the comparative of the same as 196; (adverbially) more exactly:----more perfect, more perfectly.
expounded 1620 ektithemi, from 1537 and 5087; to expose; figuratively to declare:----cast out, expound.
to him 846
the way 3598 hodos, a road; by implication a progress (the route, act, or distance); figuratively a mode or means:-----journey, way, highway.
God 2316
helped much 4820 4183
those believing 4100
through 1223
grace 5485 charis, from 5463; graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence on the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude):-----acceptable, benefit, favour, gift, grace, gracious, joy, liberality, pleasure, thank, thanks, thankworthy.
5463 chairo, a primary verb; to be cheerful, i.e. calmly happy or well-off; impersonally especially as salutation (on meeting and parting), be well:-----farewell, be glad, God speed, greeting, hail, joy, joyfully, rejoice.
powerfully 2159 euthonos, adverb from a compound of 2095 and a derivative of teino (to stretch); in a well-strung manner, i.e. (fig.) intensely (in a good sense, cogently; in a bad one, fiercely):-----mightily, vehemently.
confuted 1246 diakatelenchomai, middle from 1223 and a compound of 2596 and 1651; to prove downright, i.e. confute:----convince.
1651 elencho, of uncertain affinity; to confute, admonish:-----convict, convince, tell a fault, rebuke, reprove.
Jews 2453
publicly 1219 demosios, from 1218; public; in public:-----common, openly, publicly.
proving 1925 epideiknymi, from 1909 and 1166; to exhibit (physically or mentally):-----shew.
through 1223
Scriptures 1124
Jesus 2424
to be 1511
the Christ 5547 Christos, from 5548; anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus:----Christ.
5548 chrio, probably akin to 5530 through the idea of contact; to smear or rub with oil, i.e. (by implication) to consecrate to an office or religious service:-------anoint.
5530 chraomai, middle of a primary verb (perhaps rather from 5495, to handle); to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle, “graze” [touch slightly], light upon, etc.), i.e. (by implication) to employ or (by extension) to act towards one in a given manner:----entreat, use. Compare 5531, 5534.
5531 chroa, probably the same as the base of 5530; to loan:------lend.
5534 chre, third person singular of the same as 5530 or 5531 used impersonally; it needs (must or should) be:------ought.
NOTE: Here are some words linked to “Christ” in the Greek dictionary:
5532 chreia, from the base of 5530 or 5534; employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution:------business, lack, necessary, need, needful, use, want.
5533 chreopheliletes, from a derivative of 5531 and 2781; one who owes a loan, i.e. indebted person:-------debtor.
5535 chrezo, from 5532; to make (i.e. have) necessity, i.e. be in want of:-----(have) need.
5536 chrema; something useful or needed, i.e. wealth, price:----money, riches.
5537 chrematizo, from 5536; to utter an oracle (compare the original sense of 5530), i.e. divinely intimate; by implication (compare the secular sense of 5532) to constitute a firm for business, i.e. (generally) bear as a title:------be called, be admonished (warned) of God, reveal, speak.
5538 chrematismos, from 5537; a divine response or revelation:----answer of God.
5539 chresimos, from 5540; serviceable:-----profit.
5540chresis, from 5530; employment, i.e. (specifically) sexual intercourse (as an occupation of the body):-----use.
5541 chresteuomai, middle from a compound of 5543; to show oneself useful, i.e. act benevolently:-----good works.
5542 chrestologia, from a compound of 5543 and 3004; fair speech, i.e. plausibility:----good words.
5543 chrestos, from 5530; employed, i.e. (by implication) useful (in manner or morals):----better easy, good, goodness, gracious, kind.
5544 chrestotes, from 5543; usefulness, i.e. moral excellence (in character or demeanor):----gentleness, good, goodness, kindness.
5545 chrisma, from 5548; an unguent or smearing, i.e. (fig.) the special endowment (“chrism”) of the Holy Spirit:----anointing, unction.
5546 Christianos, from 5547; a Christian, i.e. follower of Christ:----Christian.
