From riches to rags and making tents, she continues to remain faithful to her husband, exemplifying the common mantra for She also provides for Paul, and those she later has in her house for church, to the best of her ability. I hated it when I was little, because I had a hard time spelling it, now I absolutely adore it & I wish more than anything in the whole wide world that it was my first name!Isn’t it funny how our feelings about something can change? I love explaining that I named him that because it is Hebrew for gentle. Or, as this article argues, they more likely Later, they set sail together toward a place called Antioch (Throughout their ministry the couple exemplifies kindness, hospitality, and hard work, no matter where God plants them.Aquila has a Jewish background, hence why Claudius expelled his family from Rome. Good tip. Priscilla. He sends us out as witnesses and gives us the power to do it effectively.We’re going to find out more what the Holy Spirit does in the lives of Christians, so grab your favorite cup of coffee, and let’s dive in!As I mentioned earlier, there are many ways that the He works in believers by renewing our minds to be like the mind of Christ. When he was ready to leave Ephesus, they decided to stay and asked Paul to stay with them. His work in us makes us more and more like Jesus.“For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, The power that the Holy Spirit gives us is something that reflects in the natural as well as the supernatural. Inviting him to their home they passed no word of criticism on what they had heard him preach but with consummate tact instructed him Biblically in the truth of the crucified, risen and glorified Saviour.
Of all the Apostle’s co-workers none were to prove themselves as loyal and helpful as these two. The Holy Spirit will not leave us in confusion but will reveal the truth to us. Their toil was honorable and they honored God in their toil, even as Jesus did when for long years He worked at the bench. These dictionary topics are from M.G. Priscilla and her husband took Apollos aside and explained these things to him (Acts 18:24-26). The Holy Spirit teaches and reveals the meaning of Scripture to Christians the way Jesus would. They were not unequally yoked together but joined in the Lord.In the truest sense, Aquila and Priscilla were “no more twain but one flesh,” and all that they covenanted to accomplish together from the hour of their marriage vows was realized as the result of the perfect unity of the spiritual, nature of purpose, and of aim. Why, Apollos became so mighty in the Gospel that he was called an apostle. The Holy Spirit teaches and reveals the meaning of Scripture to Christians the way Jesus would.“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you” (The final thing I want to touch on is the unity brought by the Holy Spirit.If we draw near to the Holy Spirit. Some writers suggest that she was the more energetic of the two, and perhaps had the stronger character. Paul sees Priscilla as an equal to Aquila and entrusts her with tasks such as building a home church in Corinth (and running it).All Christians, whether men or women, can learn a lot from Priscilla. Paul refers to her as a “helper in Jesus Christ” who had put her own life on the line for what she knew: Paul praised her and her husband for having “for my life laid down their own necks.” This was no idle statement. Because of this they became doubly sanctified by the Word of God and prayer. He knew only “the baptism of John” (As they listened, Priscilla and her husband detected the negative defects of the preaching of Apollos. Priscilla played such a significant role in the New Testament that later readers were uncomfortable with her prominence as a woman in the Church. Theirs must have been a thorough theological course.Luke informs us that “by their occupation they were tentmakers” (As Jews, Paul, Aquila and Priscilla were taught the tent trade when they were young, for the teaching of rabbis was that the father who failed to teach his son a trade educated him to be a thief.