22 And when he[a] arrived at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and[b] went down to Antioch. 23 And after[c] spending some time there, he departed, traveling through one place after another in the Galatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

The Early Ministry of Apollos

24 Now a certain Jew named[d] Apollos, a native[e] Alexandrian, arrived in Ephesus—an eloquent man who was well-versed in the scriptures.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 18:22 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“arrived”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Acts 18:22 Here “and” is supplied because the two previous participles (“went up” and “greeted”) have been translated as finite verbs
  3. Acts 18:23 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“spending”) which is understood as temporal
  4. Acts 18:24 Literally “by name”
  5. Acts 18:24 Literally “by nationality”

22 When he landed at Caesarea,(A) he went up to Jerusalem and greeted the church and then went down to Antioch.(B)

23 After spending some time in Antioch, Paul set out from there and traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia(C) and Phrygia,(D) strengthening all the disciples.(E)

24 Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos,(F) a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus.(G) He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures.

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