Women of the Bible: Priscilla

Source: CS Emanuel Greene / Radio One Digital

March is Women’s History Month and we are celebrating by highlighting the many women who play a major part in stories told in The Bible. Today we are spotlighting Priscilla which means “worthy” or “venerable”.

KEY SCRIPTURES:

Acts 18-19

Romans 16:3-4

1 Corinthians 16:19

2 Timothy 4:19

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Priscilla was a woman whose spiritual maturity and understanding of the faith helped build up the early church. She one of the first missionaries and a leader of the early church, along with her husband Aquila, Priscilla risked her life for the apostle Paul. She found joy in spreading the gospel and nurturing the church.

Scriptures To Read Around Priscilla’s Story

ROMANS 16:3-4 – 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.

ACTS 18:26 – When Priscilla and Aquila heard him [Apollos], they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately.

ROMANS 16:12-13 – Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord. Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord. Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.

PHILIPPIANS 4:3 – Help these women [Euodia and Syntyche] who have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel.

Let’s continue the conversation. See more of Priscilla’s story by reading Acts 18:1-28 and answering the questions below…

What does verse 2 tell you about what it was like to be a Jewish woman in the Roman Empire?
Make a list of everything this chapter says Priscilla did to advance the gospel.
What impression do you get of Priscilla as a person?

Also after reading Romans 16:3-5, answer these questions: