APOLLOS ('AsroXXc i; contracted from

See also:

• APOLLONIUS

Apollonius)  , an Alexandrine Jew who after Paul's first visit to Corinth worked there in a similar way (1 Cor. iii . 6) . He was with Paul at a later date in Ephesus (1 Cor. xvi . 12) . In r Cor . 10-12 we read of four parties in the Corinthian church, of which two attached themselves to Paul and Apollos respectively, using their names, though the " division " can hardly have been due to conflicting doctrines . (See PAUL.) From Acts xviii . 24-28 we learn that he spoke and taught with power and success . He may have captivated his hearers by teaching wisdom," as P . W . Schmiedel suggests, in the allegorical style of Philo, and he wds evidently a man of unusual magnetic force . There seems to be some contradiction between Acts xviii .

25 a b and Acts xviii . 25 C, 26 b c; and it has been suggested that these latter passages are subsequent accretions . Since Apollos was a

Christian and "taught exactly," he could hardly have been acquainted only with John's baptism or have required to be taught Christianity more thoroughly by Aquila and Priscilla . Martin Luther regarded Apollos as the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews, and many scholars since have shared his view . Jerome says that Apollos was so dissatisfied with the division at Corinth, that he retired into Crete with Zenas, a doctor of the law; and that the schism having been healed by Paul's letter to the Corinthians, Apollos returned to the city, and became its bishop . Less probable traditions assign to him the bishopric of Duras, or of Iconium in Phrygia, or of Caesarea . See the articles in the Encyclopaedia Biblica; Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopadie; The Jewish Encyclopaedia; Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible; and cf . Weizsdcker, Das apostolische Zeitalter; A . C . McGiffert, History of Christianity in the Apostolic Age .