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(a rock or stone). The original name of this disciple was Simon, i.e. "hearer." He was the son of a man named Jonas, (
(contracted form of Simeon, a hearing). + Son of Mattathias. [[1145]Maccabees] + Son of Onias the high priest, whose eulogy closes the "praise of famous men" in the book of Ecclesiasticus, ch. 4....
The external evidence of authenticity of this epistle is of the strongest kind and the internal is equally strong. It was addressed to the churches of Asia Minor which had for the most part been...
This word, with one exception only, has, at least in the narrative portions of the Bible, almost invariably the force of "passing the night."
The following is a brief outline of the contents of this epistle: The customary opening salutation is followed by an enumeration of Christian blessings and exhortation to Christian duties. (
+ The author--There has been a wide difference of opinion respecting the authorship of this epistle. For many years Paul was considered the author; others think it may have been Luke, Barnabas, or...
There are no specialties in this epistle which require any very elaborate treatment distinct from the other Pastoral Letters of St. Paul. It was written about the same time and under similar...
was written by the apostle St. Paul toward the close of his nearly three-years stay at Ephesus, (
The Greek translations of Daniel contain several pieces which are not found int he original text. The most important are contained in the Apocrypha of the English Bible under the titles of The Son...
was St. Paul from Rome in A.D. 62 or 63. St. Paul's connection with Philippi was of a peculiar character, which gave rise to the writing of this epistle. St. Paul entered its walls A.D. 52. (
+ The date of this epistle is fixed at the time of the visit recorded in
was written by the apostle St. Paul during his first captivity at Rome, (
was written by the apostle Paul at Corinth, a few months after he had founded the church at Thessalonica, at the close of the year A.D. 62 or the beginning of 53. The Epistles to the Thessalonians,...
was written a few months subsequent to the first, in the same year--about the autumn of A.D. 57 or 58--at Macedonia. The epistle was occasioned by the information which the apostle had received...
The Epistles to Timothy and Titus are called the Pastoral Epistles, because they are principally devoted to directions about the work of the pastor of a church. The First Epistle was probably...
was written by the apostle St. Paul during his first captivity at Rome. (
appears to have been written from Corinth not very long after the first, for Silvanus and Timotheus were still with St. Paul. (
was written by the apostle St. Paul not long after his journey through Galatia and Phrygia, (
is one of the letters which the apostle wrote during his first captivity at Rome A.D. 63 or early in A.D. 64. Nothing is wanted to confirm the genuineness of the epistle: the external testimony is...