apollos in English

noun

1

a god, son of Zeus and Leto and brother of Artemis. He is associated with music, poetic inspiration, archery, prophecy, medicine, pastoral life, and in later poetry with the sun; the sanctuary at Delphi was dedicated to him.

2

the American space program for landing astronauts on the moon. Apollo 8 was the first mission to orbit the moon (1968), Apollo 11 was the first to land astronauts (July 20, 1969), and five further landings took place up to 1972.

Use "apollos" in a sentence

1. Apollos became adept at making disciples

2. Apollos—An Eloquent Proclaimer of Christian Truth

3. Eloquent Apollos gets help (24-28)

4. How did Apollos, a man “powerful . . . in the Scriptures,” react?

5. In what way did Aquila and Priscilla help Apollos?

6. The leading men of silent films were Adonises and Apollos

7. Apollos was exceptionally useful in persuading the Jews about Christ.

8. “I planted, Apollos watered, but God kept making it grow” (1Co 3:6)

9. The seeds also required water, such as Apollos supplied.

10. They are not Apollos, and Venuses, nor Adonises, that knock at painters' doors

11. With his eloquent words and power of persuasion, Apollos had captured the attention of his audience.

12. And Paul humbly acknowledged Apollos’ contribution to the work, granting him privileges of service.

13. Apollos showed animation in his speaking, and he was described as an eloquent speaker.

14. 5 Because Apollos accepted the assistance of Aquila and Priscilla, he became a more effective servant of Jehovah.

15. By his own admission, Paul was “unskilled in speech”; Apollos, on the other hand, was “eloquent.”

16. 6 Apollos appreciated the example of his teachers and became even more adept at making disciples.

17. At that time, Apollos knew only of the baptism performed by John in symbol of repentance for sins against the Law covenant.

18. Paul and Apollos knew that their work of Kingdom preaching and disciple making did not earn them some special prominence in the Christian congregation.

19. Luke described Apollos as “eloquent,” “well versed,” and “aglow with the spirit,” a man “speaking and teaching with correctness the things about Jesus.”

20. (Luke 10:21; Colossians 3:10, 12) Like Apollos, an eloquent early Christian teacher, they are happy to adjust their viewpoint when presented with accurate new information.

21. How delighted he would have been if two such dynamic personalities as Apollos and the apostle Paul had allowed themselves to become rivals, perhaps jealously vying for influence among the congregations!

22. Giuseppe Ricciotti suggests that “[Apollos’] colorful language and his high-flown allegories had won him the admiration of many who preferred him to Paul, an unpretentious and unrefined orator.”

23. We are still a long way even from Francesca Woodman's stylized teen angel or Robert Mapplethorpe's sculptural, silver-gelatin Adonises.: The Cosmos players looked like bronze Adonises and we came in looking like the Osmonds, it was unbelievable.: They are not Apollos, and Venuses, nor Adonises, that knock at painters' doors.: The waters are meant to be medicinal, well I can tell you some of