ACC ~ Acts 18 v26

JUST AS CORNELIUS. CHRYSOSTOM: The boldness of the man was great: he spoke precisely about Jesus, but he was in need of precision, of other further teaching. And still, in this way, even though [Apollos] did not know all, he had, because of his eagerness, drawn to himself the Holy Spirit, just as those at the house of Cornelius. CATENA ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 18.26-27.

BOILING WITH THE SPIRIT. AMMONIUS: How did this man, who had only been baptized according to John’s baptism, have the Holy Spirit, but his followers did not? To this it must be said that for this reason was he boiling with the Spirit: being enlightened by the grace of God, he knew precisely and taught from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ. And this very knowledge did not allow him to keep quiet, but he himself, doing the work of an evangelist, taught, as did his disciples, about Jesus. CATENA ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 18.25.

NO SHAME TO BE TAUGHT BY A WOMAN. AMMONIUS: It must be noted that we must believe that women passed on the faith: see how completely desirous of salvation Apollos was, for even though he was an educated man and was well versed in the Scripture’s secrets, he did not consider it worthless to learn the fullness of the faith from a woman. He did not become conceited as if he were receiving a rebuke from a woman that “you should learn more fully the things concerning God the Word’s ordaining.” Therefore [Priscilla] explained to him in her teaching the things of faith, and Apollos listened and received them, for while he knew that Jesus was the Christ and the servant of God and concluded so from the Scriptures, his knowledge was imperfect, since he did not know what had been spoken and prophesied to the apostles through the Holy Spirit. And so the circle of Aquila, being followers of Paul, laid out more clearly to him the way of God, such as worship in the Spirit and the circumcision not by hands and whatever else had been spoken for the perfection of the church. CATENA ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 18.25.

THE COUPLE LEFT AT EPHESUS FOR APOLLOS’S SAKE. CHRYSOSTOM: It was not for nothing that [Paul] left them at Ephesus. For Apollos’s sake the Spirit planned this, so that he might advance upon Corinth with greater force. HOMILIES ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 40.