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• EutychusPeople

  Eutychus was a young man of Troas mentioned in Acts 20. He is known for falling asleep during Paul's long discourse and falling to his death from a window, after which Paul restored him to life.

• Epicureans and StoicsBible

  The Epicureans and the Stoics were two Greek philosophical schools whose adherents debated with Paul when he visited Athens, as recorded in Acts 17. This encounter forms the background of Paul's sermon at the Areopagus.

• Simeon Called NigerPeople

  Simeon called Niger is an early church figure named in Acts 13:1 as one of the "prophets and teachers" of the church at Antioch in Syria.

• PaphosBible

  Paphos was a city on the southwestern coast of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. According to Acts 13, Paul and Barnabas proclaimed the gospel there to the Roman proconsul Sergius Paulus during their first missionary journey.

• PhoenixBible

  Phoenix was a harbor on the southern coast of the island of Crete. In Acts 27, the ship carrying Paul set out for it to spend the winter there but never reached it.

• MacedoniaBible

  Macedonia was a region in the northern part of the Greek peninsula and, in New Testament times, a Roman province. Paul crossed over to it after being called in a vision and founded churches there in cities such as Philippi and Thessalonica.

• MiletusBible

  Miletus was a port city on the western coast of Asia Minor where Paul, traveling to Jerusalem at the end of his third missionary journey, summoned the elders of the church at Ephesus and delivered his farewell address.

• SalamisBible

  Salamis was a port city on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, where Paul and Barnabas first preached the gospel on their first missionary journey (Acts 13:5).

• Proselytes to JudaismBible

  A proselyte to Judaism was a person born a Gentile who came to believe in the God of Israel and formally entered Judaism. The term appears four times in the New Testament, in Matthew and Acts.

• Asia (Roman Province)Bible

  Asia was a Roman province in western Asia Minor during the New Testament period. Centered on Ephesus, it was the region where Paul carried out an extended ministry and where the seven churches of Revelation were located. It is distinct from the modern continent of Asia.

• BithyniaBible

  Bithynia was a region in northwestern Asia Minor bordering the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara. In Acts, it is the region the Holy Spirit prevented Paul and his companions from entering. In 1 Peter, it is one of the regions where the letter's recipients lived.

• Incident at AntiochBible

  The Incident at Antioch is an event recorded in Galatians 2:11–14. In Syrian Antioch, Paul publicly rebuked Peter (Cephas) for withdrawing from table fellowship with Gentile believers.

• FranciscansHistory

  The Franciscans are a Catholic mendicant order, whose members live without property and preach while begging for their food. Francis of Assisi founded the order in 1209. Its official name is the Order of Friars Minor, and it emphasizes strict poverty and brotherhood.

• AlphaeusPeople

  Alphaeus is a New Testament figure named only as the father of James, one of the twelve disciples, and as the father of Levi the tax collector. None of his own deeds are recorded.

• Cappadocian FathersHistory

  A collective name for three fourth-century theologians from Cappadocia in Asia Minor: Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus. They articulated the Trinitarian formula that God exists as one essence in three persons.

• Asia MinorBible

  Asia Minor is the geographical name for the Anatolian peninsula, bounded by the Black Sea, the Aegean Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, which corresponds to the Asian portion of modern Türkiye. It was the setting of Paul's missionary journeys and of the seven churches of the Book of Revelation.

• LectionaryWorship & Rites

  A lectionary is a list of Scripture passages appointed in advance to be read on each Sunday and feast day according to the church year. It typically groups together readings from the Old Testament, the Psalms, the Epistles, and the Gospels.

• EunuchBible

  In the Bible, a eunuch is a castrated male official who served in an ancient royal court; more broadly, the term can denote any high-ranking court official. Eunuchs appear in several Old Testament court narratives and in the account of the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8.

• World (Biblical Concept)Bible

  In the Bible, the "world" refers to the universe and humanity that God created, and also to the order of human society that has turned away from God and stands in opposition to him.

• 1 Thessalonians 1:3Bible Verses

  In this verse Paul says that he gives thanks as he remembers the Thessalonian believers' "work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope." It is frequently quoted because it presents faith, love, and hope as becoming visible in the fruit of actual life.