【双语灵修】百基拉和亚居拉PRISCILLA AND AQUILA

使徒行传 18:1-4, 18-19, 24-28

这事以后，保罗离了雅典，来到哥林多。遇见一个犹太人，名叫亚居拉，他生在本都，因为克劳迪命犹太人都离开罗马，新近带着妻百基拉从意大利来。保罗就投奔了他们。他们本是制造帐篷为业，保罗因与他们同业，就和他们同住做工。每逢安息日，保罗在会堂里辩论，劝化犹太人和希腊人。

保罗又住了多日，就辞别了弟兄，坐船往叙利亚去，百基拉、亚居拉和他同去。他因为许过愿，就在坚革哩剪了头发。到了以弗所，保罗就把他们留在那里，自己进了会堂和犹太人辩论。

有一个犹太人名叫亚波罗，来到以弗所。他生在亚历山大，是有学问的，最能讲解圣经。这人已经在主的道上受了教训，心里火热，将耶稣的事详细讲论教训人，只是他单晓得约翰的洗礼。他在会堂里放胆讲道，百基拉、亚居拉听见，就接他来，将神的道给他讲解更加详细。他想要往亚该亚去，弟兄们就勉励他，并写信请门徒接待他。他到了那里，多帮助那蒙恩信主的人，在众人面前极有能力驳倒犹太人，引圣经证明耶稣是基督。

2月19日

百基拉和亚居拉

「百基拉、亚居拉听见，就接他来，将神的道给他讲解更加详细。」 -徒 18:26

亚居拉和百基拉是一对了不起的夫妇，他们不是宣教士或牧师，他们的职业是制造售卖帐篷（或皮革匠）——被主大大使用的非神职人员。他们从罗马搬到哥林多，在那里保罗遇到了他们。保罗也是制造帐篷的，于是就与他们同住同工。

过了一段时间，保罗去到以弗所，百基拉和亚居拉也跟他同去。保罗没有久留，但他们留了下来，服侍那里的教会。后来受过高等教育的新信徒亚波罗来到教会，他的事工颇有果效，但他在教导有关耶稣方面需要一些改正。于是百基拉和亚居拉邀请他到家里做客，帮助他回归正轨。后来，事实证明，亚波罗成为了一位很出色的传道人。

从保罗书信的问候中，我们得知在以弗所的一间教会，是在百基拉和亚居拉家里聚会（林前 16:19）。他们回到罗马后，也有一间教会在他们的家里聚会。保罗还说他们是他的同工，为他冒过生命危险（罗 16:3-5）。后来他们再一次回到了以弗所（提后 4:19）。

亚居拉和百基拉经常搬家，无论走到哪里，他们都开放自己的家，让人们可以一起敬拜神。他们在幕后做了很多工作，扶持过其他领袖。今天，神仍然需要像他们这样的人。你愿意成为这样的人吗？

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PRISCILLA AND AQUILA

When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately.                                     —Acts 18:26

Aquila and Priscilla were an amazing couple. They were not missionaries or ministers. They were tentmakers (or leather workers) by trade—laypeople who were used mightily by the Lord. They moved from Rome to Corinth, where Paul met them. He was also a tentmaker, so he lived and worked with them.

After some time, Paul moved on to Ephesus, and Priscilla and Aquila went with him. Paul didn’t stay long, but they remained and served the church there. When Apollos, a highly educated new believer, came, he was quite effective in ministry, but his teaching about Jesus needed some correction. So Priscilla and Aquila invited him to their home and helped him get on track. Apollos later proved to be a helpful teacher of the good news.

From the greetings in Paul’s letters, we know that a church in Ephesus met in Priscilla and Aquila’s home (1 Corinthians 16:19). They returned to Rome, and a church also met in their home there. Paul adds that they were his coworkers and had risked their lives for him (Romans 16:3-5). Later they were back in Ephesus again (2 Timothy 4:19).

Aquila and Priscilla moved a lot, and wherever they went, they opened their home so that people could worship together. They mentored other leaders while working behind the scenes. God needs people like them in his mission today too. Could you be one?

Lord, use my gifts and resources in whatever way you please to share the good news. Amen.