ACTS 18:26 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
He began to speak boldly in the synagogue — When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately (akribōs, more precisely or accurately) — Priscilla's leadership in instruction (feminine subject in instruction narrative) is theologically significant; she and Aquila complement Apollos's gaps. The verb 'explained more accurately' suggests systematic deepening rather than correction of error.
Church Fathers on Acts 18:26
This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the Spirit, he spoke and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. 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. Acts 18:25-26 If this man knew only the baptism of John, how is it that he was fervent in the Spirit, for the Spirit was not given in that…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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