You Must Read Acts Chapter 18 ~ To Get It!
Meet Priscilla and her “Hubby” Aquila.
After Paul left Athens and went to Corinth, he met this couple. I believe that this was one of the grandest couples in the history of the faithful. They are mentioned seven times in the New Testament, always together. They had recently moved from Italy because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. They and Paul had two very important things in common. They were all followers of Jesus Christ and Paul was a tent maker, as were Priscilla and her “Hubby”. Because of this, Paul stayed and worked with them, and they became friends.
Great Teachers of The Word
Paul stayed in Corinth a year and a half, teaching the Word. When he left Corinth, Priscilla and Aquila accompanied him to Ephesus, where he left them to carry on the work. Paul must have seen that this couple was an excellent husband and wife team, well equiped to teach the Word of the Lord.
Later, after Paul left Ephesus, a Jew named Apollos came to Ephesus. The Scripture says, “Apollos was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with great fervor and taught about Jesus accurately, though he knew only the baptism of John. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue” (Acts 18:24-26). When Priscilla and Aquila heard Apollos, they invited him to their home, taught and equipped him with the fullness of the Gospel and he was used by the Lord in Ephesus.
They Risked Their Lives For Paul and All The Churches Of The Gentiles ~ Love and Protection For Their Friends
Paul sends his greetings to Priscilla and Aquila in Romans 16:3. He says, “Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus. They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them”. Their affection for Paul and the believers is testified to, in Paul’s greeting to them.
An Open Home
In 1 Corinthians 16:19, Paul includes a message from Priscilla and Aquila in his final greetings. He says, “Aquila and Priscilla greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house”. Apparently this couple, and their home, was a refuge for the believers, along with their gifts for being wonderful teachers.
Priscilla and Aquila are mentioned again in 2 Timothy 4:19, by Paul in final greetings. One of the things I find amazing about Priscilla is that she was not only a homemaker and a tent maker, she found the time to be a thorough student of the Gospel of Christ. What a woman. She opened her home, she was a great teacher and (I’m sure) she was a good wife. She was probably a women like is spoken of in 1 Peter 3 (verses 1-6). “Her beauty was that of her inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight”. She would have been a woman of submissive ways, not only unto the Lord but to her husband also. I believe that her “Hubby” was a faithful and Godly man. Otherwise, they would not have made such a great team.
Thought to Ponder
Priscilla’s motto must have been, “Learn well the Gospel of Christ~then pass it on” and “make your home a refuge for the believers”.
Questions to Ponder
Paul called Priscilla and Aquila his fellow workers in Christ. What does the phrase fellow workers in Christ mean to you?
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Do you consider yourself a fellow worker in Christ?
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What can you do to become more like Priscilla?
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