Married to Minister — Weston Leibee

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Running Without Tiring Through Love for Christ

There's a verse of song this morning that excited me very much. It says, so shall I run and never tire. And when I heard that verse, I pictured a man running and running and running and running until the day of his death.

And that is a miracle, isn't it? I mean, if it said, so shall I walk and never tire, that would be amazing. Or, so shall I stay awake and never tire. Have you ever tried to stay awake for a couple days in a row?

It's very difficult. Have you ever had to stay up all night and when the morning arose, you looked at the sun and this sinking feeling arose within you that the night has passed and I didn't sleep? What about running and never tiring?

And the miracle behind that is a love relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, isn't it? That's what that whole song is about. I want to be so in love with the Lord Jesus Christ that that love motivates me to run and never tire.

And that makes me excited this morning. Thank you all for welcoming us here. My wife and I, it's a blessing to be with you. And we love each one of you. We think of you all often in our home of Ghana.

And we do pray especially for you all here in the church at Ephrata that God would use you in His kingdom here while we're over there. It's a blessing to be gathered together. And I ask you to open up your heart as we try to learn something from our King this morning, to learn something from the Word of God together in our life.

Let's all just stand up, if you don't mind, and open up our hearts to our Father. Lord, here we are, a group of people standing before you. And we came with our offering, Lord. We came with a gift of praise and love to you.

And now we pray that as a faithful father you'd teach us a lesson for this week. Lord, that you'd teach us a lesson for our life that we wouldn't forget. That this would be a point that we could look back to and remember that from here going I was able to see changes in my life.

Lord, I pray that you'd help us to be doers, God. Deliver us from the hearers only, God. Don't let us be named among those people. And I pray that you'd give us the diligence to stay awake and alert during this message and alert to what your Spirit has to say to us this morning, Lord.

Thank you, God. We are very happy to serve you, Lord. And we want to learn something today. In Jesus' name, Amen. Thank you. You can take your seat. I guess when you saw me climb up these steps, you probably thought that you're going to get a message on missions.

I would love to give you a message on missions, but I'm actually going to share on a different subject. Though God's mission that he's given to us really intertwines with every other subject. So I'm sure it will come in here some.

I'm also not a very good holiday preacher. So if you came to hear your Easter Sunday message, I'm sorry if you're disappointed. But I would like to share a message that God laid on my heart this week, and I'm very excited about it because I've been having a blessed time.

A Vision for Marriage in the Kingdom of God

My wife and I are studying it together. I'd like to share a message called Married to Minister. Married to Minister. Now, this message is on marriage. So maybe just as a side note to the young people, maybe your heart sank that you're not involved.

Just two thoughts I have for you. One thought I'm going to be sharing with you young people next Sunday afternoon. So maybe you can let this one be for those who are married. But the other thought is you also need a vision.

And I hope that you can use this for a vision for your future. I still remember, in fact, it was very, very little time ago that I wasn't married. And I even remember sometimes not even wanting to think a whole lot about marriage because I wanted to focus my whole life into the kingdom of God.

And that's good. And if that's where you are this morning, I'm not trying to stir you up to get married prematurely. If you're not in love with Jesus Christ, don't even think about getting married. But if you are in love with Jesus Christ and He's leading you that way, maybe this could help stir a vision in your heart.

This is going to be a little bit of a different twist this morning on marriage, maybe than some of the wonderful messages that we have heard. I hope it can be a blessing. It probably springs some out of the experience of my own life.

My wife and I have only been married almost two and a half years and most of that time has been spent in Ghana. And so I'm sure some of this springs from my own life, although I want to look at a couple in the Bible and learn from them.

I want to learn about the world's purpose. Why do you get married? You know, I thought of it, if I could go out into the world and just take like five people and ask them, why did you get married? I wonder what some of the reasons are that they would give me.

I thought of these reasons. Because I was lonely. Because it was the thing to do. All my other friends were getting married. Because she was cute. Because he was nice. And I fell in love. You know, there's just different reasons that the world would probably give us for getting married.

Because I was done with college. I don't know. What are some of the reasons the world would give for getting married? Well, what's our purpose for getting married? Well, we could talk about different purposes.

I know that God created man and we could go back and look at that passage. It's not good for man to be alone. We can also look at seeking a godly seed. And I know we've had messages on these subjects and those things are good and right.

But I would like to give a little bit different aspect this morning. You could turn to Acts chapter 2 with me for just a minute. We are now living in the New Testament era. Is that right? You and I are the people after the cross.

The people to whom has been given the gospel kingdom. Or the final kingdom when we read about those five kingdoms of the world. This is the last kingdom that shall break in pieces the other kingdoms. It's the kingdom of the mustard seed.

And the kingdom of the leaven that leavens the whole loaf. And we have a motivating factor for our entire life. And Brother Eric shared some about it in the first part of his message. You and I are called.

There's only one reason that we've been left here. Isn't that right? Only one reason after we were born again that God did not rapture us. Or in his mercy slay us to deliver us from temptation. I mean, when we pray, Lord deliver us from temptation.

The easiest way would be just to go to heaven. But there's one reason why we're left here. And I had to think of the apostles, the twelve disciples, as they came to the end of their three and a half years with Christ.

Here in Acts chapter 1. Did I say chapter 2? In the end of their three and a half years with Jesus, we come to a point here where Jesus has risen. If you remember, he gathered with them at one point in a room and opened their understanding to understand the scriptures.

Do you remember that? And he has revealed to them some of what his plan is. But they're still trying to grasp it. And here on the mount, as I understand where the setting of Acts chapter 1 is, Jesus is about ready to ascend.

Though, of course, they're not aware of that. And they have a question that, unfortunately, is the last thing they said to Jesus before he left. And it's a very significant question and shows a little bit where their heart is.

In Acts chapter 1, verse 6, they say to him, When they were therefore come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And I see in that question the essence of the question.

God, we've heard about the Christian life. We've understood now the gospel. So when do we get to the millennium? I mean, is it time now to rest? Could you establish everything so that we could live this way without temptation and without enemies?

And it's interesting, isn't it, that Jesus almost brushed aside their question and says, it's not for you to know the times or seasons. In other words, that time is not here. And I'm not even going to bother telling you when that's coming.

That's not the point. But in verse 8, ye shall receive power after the Holy Ghost has come upon you, and ye shall be witnesses. In other words, he said, that's not for you to worry about. But trust me, it's a little ways off.

I have two things for you. You will receive power. And ye shall be witnesses. Those are the two tasks that he… or the two things that he gave them that would happen. And then in the next verse, 9, it says, and when he said this, he went up and he was gone.

So saying, he left them with the fact that the only reason that I'm leaving you here, that I'm not ushering in the beauty of if you believe in a millennium or whether you believe in whatever, they were asking for the perfection of a Christ's kingdom.

He said to them, I'm leaving you here to be a witness, to go, to minister. In the prayer that's called the high priestly prayer, Jesus said to his father, Father, I am now, I am no more in the world, but these are in the world.

And I pray, Holy Father, that you would keep them. Do you remember that prayer? Jesus is saying, Father, I'm stepping out of the world, but Father, be at rest, because these are going to be here. Jesus is saying, I'm exiting the world, but I'm leaving some here in my stead.

Paul says, we beseech you in Christ's stead. I'm just trying to drill the point home to us. The reason we are here, isn't it, is because Christ is gone. And so, we're in his stead here. He came, the brother shared this morning, to minister, didn't he?

And what is the definition of minister according to Jesus? He came not to be ministered unto, but to minister. And what's the rest of the verse? He came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

So, he spelled out the essence of ministry when he said he would give his life a ransom for many. And now, in his stead, now, being sent out as he was, he having breathed upon the disciples before he ascended, we have inherited the mantle of his ministry, which is to give our life a ransom for many.

Does that bless you? I hope that blesses you. It's a big responsibility. I think the disciples were bewildered when he left it with them, there, standing on that mountain, looking at each other, trying to realize, you mean we're not going to retire?

You mean we're just starting? We're supposed to go out and do this? It was a shocking realization for them, but we can see the blessing that fell on their life when they obeyed it. All of this, I'm just saying, to lay a foundation.

What is the purpose of marriage? I propose to you that the purpose of our entire Christian life is to be in Christ's stead, ministering to the glory of God. So, why marriage? Why not to minister? Beware the filed card mentality.

Have you ever read that article by A .W. Tozer? It's called Beware the File Card Mentality. You all know what file cards are. We need to beware that in our life, we don't compartmentalize our life. You know how it's easy to do that.

I have my spiritual life, which includes devotions, meditation, Sunday morning, Wednesday evening, Tuesday evening in Lancaster, and revival meetings, and all of those things. And then I have my work life, which includes going to work and balancing my checkbook.

And then I have my marriage, which includes spending time with my wife. Do you know, have any of you ever fallen prey to that? I know I have. You know, you just compartmentalize, and you think to yourself, right now I'm in my work mode, now I'm in my marriage mode, now I'm in my spare time mode, whatever mode you think that you're in.

I have had that in my life. So that this ministry weaves in your marriage, in your spare time, in your work, and in your children, in everything. Isn't that true? Okay, having said that, let's get into the message.

Aquila and Priscilla: A Marriage Devoted to Ministry

There's an interesting little story behind this message. This week, we're living in the little trailer over here in Akron that the mission provides, and having a blessed rest time and visiting with people.

And I went to work for my dad for a couple of days, and that was kind of fun to actually work with my hands and earn a couple of dollars myself. And Charity staying home. You know, we never do that in Ghana.

We were playing what normal married people do, I guess. So I was leaving Charity home there just to do the laundry and a real washing machine and all this kind of stuff. And I gave her a little assignment while I was gone that, Charity, I want you to find one today in your study time while I'm gone to work, I want you to find one godly marriage in the Bible.

And when I come home this evening, we're going to study it together. And when I came home, she had pages filled, and it was a blessing. We've been studying it for the next couple of days, and God just laid it on my heart to share with you all this morning.

This is one of the most intriguing couples in the Bible and their marriage. We don't have a whole lot of verses on them, but their whole marriage was devoted to the kingdom of God. Does anyone know who it might be?

Brother Paul? Good, Aquila and Priscilla. Let's look at Acts chapter 18. I'm sure that many of the glorious men of God who we read did have wonderful marriages, and we're not blessed to peek into them.

It's been assumed that Peter had a wife because he had a mother-in-law. And it's been assumed that many of the other, it's assumed that Paul did not have a wife or either had a wife and she left him because of the gospel.

We don't know. But Aquila and Priscilla is an intriguing couple whose whole life is a testimony of surrender to the kingdom of God. So I'd like to study them this morning in their spiritual journey and even physical journey.

So Acts chapter 18 starting at verse 1. And I want us first to just take a little biographical sketch of their life. We're just going to run over the verses and follow them as they move from city to city.

And then we're going to go back and more analyze their character. You understand what I'm saying a little bit? So stay with me as we read about this couple and learn from this couple in the Bible. Acts chapter 18.

We're going to read the entire chapter. I am going to be pausing different times through the chapter to draw out points specifically regarding Aquila and Priscilla or the setting that helps us to understand what they were doing here.

So Acts chapter 18. Let's start at the beginning. After these things, Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth. Now this is Paul's second missionary journey. He's just made a tour of Asia Minor coming through Iconium, Derby, Lystra.

And he was most recently in Athens where we have the beautiful message in Acts 17. And now he comes by himself to Corinth. Do you realize that Corinth is a totally unreached city? You know, sometimes I realize as I read through Acts that I don't know my history well enough.

And we tend to say, oh yeah, Corinth, that's where the church at Corinth was. But at this point, Corinth is a totally unreached city. The gospel has never gone there. When Paul crossed that little isthmus, if you look at a map, that little tiny piece of land that went down to Corinth, it was a totally unreached, heathen city with no born-again believers there.

Okay? So you just picture that. Paul's walking in here. Jesus has only died a short years ago and the gospel has never come to the city of Corinth that we know. Verse 2. And Paul found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, and that is Asia Minor, but lately come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because that Claudius, that's Claudius Caesar, the emperor, had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome and came unto them.

Okay. We're going to pause again here. Paul found a certain Jew. I don't know why, but I always assumed that Aquila and Priscilla were Christians when Paul met them. Have you, has that been your assumption?

But, it says he was a Jew and normally as we go through, it says brother when it's talking about a Christian. I would propose to you that most likely I read some different church history and things and it's really not known, but most people lean toward the fact that probably Aquila and Priscilla were still Jews in every sense of the word.

They were not believers in Jesus Christ, though it's very likely they may have heard rumor of it. But, very likely they were simply Jews who had been expelled from Rome. 20 ,000 Jews were expelled from Rome according to Josephus and some historians.

There were some riots in Rome and Caesar perhaps rightly or mistakenly blamed the Jews and expelled the Jews from Rome. And so, these people didn't leave in a Christian persecution, but they left simply in an ethnic cleansing of Rome.

20 ,000 Jews sent out and Aquila and Priscilla find themselves looking for work and ending up in the city of Corinth. Okay, are you following me? So, let's assume that they are Jewish followers of God, but not believers in the Messiah, Jesus, yet.

Okay, verse 3. And because he was of the same craft, meaning Paul and Aquila and Priscilla, he abode with them and wrought for by their occupation they were tent makers. And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, Paul, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

Now, let's pause for another minute. So, Paul moves in with Aquila and Priscilla based on their common task of tent making. They make room in their new quarters. It says they have lately come from Italy, so they've just moved in.

But they decide, here's a roaming tent maker. I doubt they even knew that he was the beloved apostle Paul. To them, he was just a roaming tent maker and let's invite him into the home. Hospitable people, they're not Christians yet.

And they invite him into the home and Paul begins to work six days a week and on the Sabbath it says that he goes to the synagogue. We assume here that Paul had probably run out of money if he had been given any money from the other churches on his way and was in need of stopping and working.

And so, Paul simply starts working and in his spare time, wherever he can muster it, he goes down on the Sabbath day and preaches. And you can be sure he preached during the day to Aquila and Priscilla.

Do you think so? We know how Paul was and we can be sure. We never quite read of the conversion of Aquila and Priscilla, but trust me, it's somewhere in these verses. Can you imagine sitting there sowing?

Aquila, have you ever read the Old Testament? Oh, yes, I've read. Ever read Isaiah 53? Yes. Can you quote some of it to me? Sure. Have you ever wondered who that is? Yeah. Have wondered. Yeah. Have you ever read Isaiah 42?

Behold, my servant, mine elect, and whom my soul delighteth? Yeah. Have you ever wondered who that is? Yeah. You know, just going back and forth. And somewhere along the course, and I'm sure that Aquila and Priscilla being good Jews, also went to the synagogue on Saturday and saw their fellow tent maker, can you imagine the first time they saw it, get out of the pew and walk to the front and begin to expound on a totally new belief and thought, wow, the guy that moved in with us is a fanatic.

He doesn't even believe in the proper Jewish law. And he began persuading and persuading and expounding. It says he reasoned. So there were arguments there, people in the crowd discussing, and he reasoned with them concerning Christ.

And somewhere in this period of time, Aquila and Priscilla yielded their lives to Jesus Christ because of the testimony of the man in their house. Isn't that a blessing? Okay, so that's their start into Christianity.

Verse 5, and when Silas and Timotheus, or Timothy, were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit and testified to the Jews, we're assuming at the synagogue, that Jesus was Christ. And when they opposed themselves and blasphemed, in other words, saying, Jesus is not the Son of God, that is the blasphemy that they said.

When they opposed themselves and blasphemed, he shook his raiment and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads. I am clean. From henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. Now I want you to remember with me that Aquila and Priscilla would have been sitting in that audience.

Is that right? This was their friend. This was their host. Trust me, it was getting dangerous for them now. Now Paul said, you Jews, I'm finished with you. I'll go to the dogs if you won't hear. That's what he said to them in their terminology.

And he stood up and walked out and I assume Aquila and Priscilla stood up and walked out with him. It may not have been that dramatic, but they followed Paul. Verse 7, and he departed thence, that is from the synagogue, and entered into a certain man's house named Justice.

Now, this has brought about some debate if you read various commentators. Some people say Paul left Aquila and Priscilla's house and moved in with Justice. I don't see any reason for that. I don't know why he would have left their house because they're still dear friends a few verses later.

I believe it means Paul ceased preaching in the synagogue and began preaching in the house of a man named Justice. According to the flow of Scripture here, he was rejecting the Jewish synagogue as his place of preaching and he entered into the house of Justice who, by the way, was a Gentile.

You can tell by that name that's a Roman name, probably a Gentile proselyte. And Paul entered into his house in verse 7. The Bible says Justice was one that worshiped God whose house joined hard to the synagogue.

So, Paul just moved next door and started preaching. And Crispus, in verse 8, the chief ruler of the synagogue, now he would have been a Jew, believed on the Lord with all his house and many of the Corinthians hearing believed and were baptized.

Now, we'll pause here again. So, Crispus, Justice is a Gentile, Crispus is a Jew. Who were the other many that believed? If you go to 1 Corinthians 1 and we're not necessarily going to go there right now, you may remember that Paul says that he baptized none in Corinth except Crispus, Gaius, and the house of Stephanas.

Now, Crispus was a Jew. He was the head of the synagogue. But Stephanas and Gaius were both Gentiles. Those are Greek names. And history would tell us that all of those original believers baptized here were Gentiles.

Aquila and Priscilla and Crispus being the only Jews. So, now Aquila and Priscilla find themselves the only Jews, except for one other man, in a group of Gentile dogs believing a fanatical new belief about the way.

I think sometimes it's hard for us to realize how tough that may have been. Can you picture yourself, I mean, believing something that your friends think is absolutely off the wall and still worshiping right there in the house beside them?

It must have been a bold move. And we know it was a bold move because of the next verse. At this crucial moment, the Lord came to Paul in the night by a vision. I'm in verse 9. And said to Paul, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace.

For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee, for I have much people in this city. And he, Paul, continued there a year and six months teaching the word of God unto them. Pause again.

So, God appears to Paul and I'm sure there were threats by this point on Paul's life because God doesn't waste His words. If everything would have been peaceful, God wouldn't have said, Don't be afraid.

But God comes in and says, Paul, this is a crucial moment and I know that you're in trouble, but don't be afraid. You keep preaching. Now, turn as a side note to Romans chapter 16. I'm getting a little ahead of myself, but I want to bring something in here about Aquila and Priscilla.

I know that we're not reading about them, but bear with me. I think we can insert them into the city and still into this picture and still be very biblical because we know they were around and we know they were steadfast.

And we have this testimony of them in Romans 16. Paul at the end of the letter to the Romans. Now, this is later in their life when they move back to Rome, which we'll get to in a little bit. But Paul in the letter to Romans, the first people that he greets by name is Priscilla and Aquila.

And in verse 3, are you there? Romans 16 .3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my helpers in Christ Jesus, who have for my life laid down their own necks, unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

Likewise, greet the church that is in their house. Okay, that's all that we're going to read right there. I assume, as I look at Priscilla and Aquila's life, I assume that this must have been the time in their life when they, Paul says, laid down their necks for me.

In other words, and I'm doing a little bit of assuming here, but follow with me. I'm assuming that at this point in Corinth, when things came to a head and the Jews blasphemed and tossed Paul out and the little Gentile group gathered there and God had to come in a dream and speak to Paul not to be afraid, I assume there were threats on Paul's life.

And I assume that somehow Priscilla and Aquila came between those enemies of the gospel and Paul and willingly, the two of them, offered their necks. Now, I don't know what you think of when offering your neck, but back in those days, they didn't kill with guns, they killed with knives, like they still often do in Ghana.

And can you picture, literally, stepping between, and that's the word picture that they're giving. It says, these two, Paul said, I'll never forget, there was a time when they would have gladly laid down their life and literally put their necks out so that I could stay safe.

And he says, because of that, all the churches of the Gentiles loved them. So, we assume that early in their Christian life here in Corinth was the time when they willingly became almost like bodyguards.

I don't know, was there a time when the soldiers came to Paul's house? Just try to imagine it with me. You know, the upset Romans hiring them and Aquila and Priscilla went out on the veranda to meet these angry people.

I'm not sure how it happened, but we know that they laid their necks down for Paul. Okay, we're back in Acts 18 again. If you still have your finger there, we're going to skip the little scene here with Galileo, although it's a very good illustration of the tension of the moment.

Some of you may be familiar with it. They drag Paul. The Jews catch Paul and drag him before the governor there. And God intervenes and the governor is not even impressed with their accusation and throws them all out.

But, we'll pass that by in the meantime and go to verse 18. And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren and sailed thence into Syria. Now, he's leaving behind a church.

Remember, he was there a year and a half according to verse 11. And now, according to verse 18, he was there yet a good while after the year and a half. So, we could assume up to two years or something like that that he was there leaving behind a little church and a group of brethren along with the leader of a synagogue who was probably their leader.

And it says in verse 18, Paul tarried yet a good while and then took his leave of the brethren and sailed thence into Syria back toward Asia Minor and with him Priscilla and Aquila having shorn his head in Centria for he had a vow.

Alright, so Paul leaves and we're not told why although we are told why in a couple of verses. But Aquila and Priscilla go with Paul. And trust me, they're not fleeing persecution because we already understand from Romans that they were brave souls.

And I know they wouldn't have left a hot spot leaving other brothers behind. But it says in verse 19, he came to Ephesus and left them there. Now who's the them? Priscilla and Aquila, right? He came to Ephesus and left them there but he himself, Paul, entered into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews on only this one occasion.

When they desired him to tarry longer time with them he consented not but bade them farewell saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem but I will return again unto you if God will.

And he sailed from Ephesus leaving Aquila and Priscilla alone in another unreached Gentile city. Once again here, we need to understand if you do your history and flip back through the last chapters, Paul has never been to Ephesus before.

This is Paul's first time. There was one other time he had wanted to come down into Bithynia and Ephesus and the Spirit forbade him. But this is his first time to enter Ephesus. And Paul lands there, goes and preaches once in the synagogue, sees a little interest and leaves Priscilla and Aquila there.

Why do you think he left them there? If you follow their journey, they've been sacked from Rome by the Emperor Claudius. Here in Corinth, they came to know the Apostle Paul, were converted, were discipled, laid their necks out for the Gospel.

Now they move to Ephesus with Paul. Paul goes to Jerusalem and they stay there. I can only assume that Paul left them there because Paul saw that God was going to work in that city and he needed a couple to be there and I don't know how to call it, how to say it, to thaw the city for the Gospel.

Can you understand that terminology or to pray the city into preparation? I know Brother Denny has always told us that prayer precedes revival and wherever you have revival, you find a praying person.

Could it be that they were left there for that? I'm not sure, but I believe that somehow they were left there to do a preparation work for the revival we see in the next chapter. Let's keep reading. We're going to skip the verses about Paul going back and go to verse 24.

And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, that's in Egypt, an eloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus where Aquila and Priscilla were living and praying and trying to thaw that city for revival.

This man was instructed in the way of the Lord and being fervent in the Spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John 26. And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue whom, when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, that is, into their home, and expounded unto him the word of, the way of God more perfectly.

And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, that's back into the area of Corinth, the brethren wrote, we'll come back to that in a minute, exhorting the disciples to receive him who, when he was come to Achaia and Corinth, helped them much which had believed through grace, for he mightily convinced the Jews and that publicly, showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was Christ.

Now, I want you to consider a couple of things with me that had never stood out to me until this week as my wife and I studied this. Here they are in Ephesus praying, at least we know that much, and working that this city might have revival.

And along comes a Jew from Alexandria, an eloquent man, but only preaching the gospel of John, of John the Baptist. And they go to the synagogue, apparently, and hear them, and can you just imagine them sitting there and perhaps going outside and whispering to each other, Did you notice anything?

Yeah. The guy still doesn't understand the way, but he's a good brother. You know, yeah. Well, let's just take him into our home. You know, and so they approach him after the service, and this man humbles himself and goes home, and they teach him the way.

I assume it took a few days. I don't assume that they just sat down with him in an hour and taught him and sent him on. I assume he stayed there for some days or weeks. While the two of them, it doesn't say Aquila.

It says, Aquila and Priscilla, they took him and expounded. So, we're missing one pronoun there. They took him and they expounded him. That's the assumed pronoun when there's no other pronoun there. I picture the three of them sitting at home and discussing the kingdom of God.