What About Acquila and Priscilla?

# 71 Today's Prime Time Devo comes from: 1Ti 2:11 Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. 12 And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. At this point it might be instructive to talk about Acquila and his wife Priscilla. Priscilla is often cited as an example of an exception to the rule of women teaching men in the matters of the faith. Here's their story: The Apostle Paul bumped into these two Jews at Corinth where they had fled from the Roman persecution of Jews in Italy. Paul stayed with them in Corinth where they plied their trade of tentmaking during the week, and then Paul would teach in the synagogues on the Sabbath. Therefore it is safe to assume that both Acquila and Priscilla received direct instruction from Paul and both were likely aware of the teaching concerning subjection to authority and God's created order as being passed along to Timothy here. Later they find themselves in Ephesus where they meet an eloquent believer names Apollos who taught in the synagogue. It was evident to both of them that Apollos had not heard the entire teachings of the Apostles and so they took him aside to help round out his education. Ac 18:26 So he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. Priscilla, who in God's created order was Acquila's helpmate, had some role to play here or she wouldn't have been mentioned. Maybe she filled in gaps, or maybe just playing the role of the second witness, we don't know, but she definitely had a role in completing the instruction of Apollos. The Apostle Paul mentions both of them in his letter to the Romans calling this husband and wife team his helpers. Ro 16:3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: And in 1Co 16:19 we read of the church that met in their house. , ¶ The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.” Acquila and Priscilla were a team and God used them to help build His church, but they are always mentioned together, as a unit, and this would indicate that they continued their work in the kingdom with God's created order always in place.