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• Bar-JesusPeople

  Bar-Jesus, also called Elymas, is a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet who appears in Acts 13. At Paphos on the island of Cyprus, he tried to keep the proconsul Sergius Paulus from believing, was rebuked by Paul, and was struck blind for a time.

• LycaoniaBible

  Lycaonia was an inland region of south-central Asia Minor. Lystra and Derbe, where Paul and Barnabas preached the gospel on their first missionary journey in Acts 14, belonged to this region.

• AssosBible

  Assos was a port city on the northwestern coast of Asia Minor. In Acts 20 it is the place where Paul, having walked from Troas, rejoined his companions and boarded ship.

• LoisPeople

  Lois is a woman mentioned in the New Testament book of 2 Timothy as the maternal grandmother of Timothy and the mother of Eunice. Paul wrote that the "unfeigned faith" that dwelt in her had been passed on to her daughter and grandson.

• TimothyPeople

  Timothy was one of Paul's foremost coworkers. A native of Lystra, he accompanied Paul on his missionary journeys, and the New Testament letters 1 Timothy and 2 Timothy are presented as addressed to him.

• Redemptive-Historical PreachingDoctrine & Theology

  Redemptive-historical preaching is a method of preaching that reads and proclaims biblical texts within the history of redemption, that is, the history of God's work of saving humanity through Christ.

• SinDoctrine & Theology

  In Christianity, sin refers both to acts that transgress God's will and law and to the state of having departed from a right relationship with God. The sin that all humanity is held to have inherited from Adam is called original sin.

• ProselyteBible

  A proselyte (Greek prosēlytos) is, in New Testament usage, a person born a Gentile who came to believe in the God of Israel and formally entered the Jewish community through circumcision and other rites.

• MysiaBible

  Mysia was a region in northwestern Asia Minor (modern Türkiye). In the New Testament it appears in Acts 16 as a region through which Paul and his companions passed on their way to Troas.

• PuteoliBible

  Puteoli is a port city in southern Italy mentioned in Acts 28, where Paul, on his way to Rome as a prisoner, disembarked and stayed seven days with the believers there. It is the modern Pozzuoli, near Naples.

• Joseph BarsabbasPeople

  Joseph Barsabbas was a disciple in the early church who was put forward, together with Matthias, as a candidate to fill the apostolic office left vacant by Judas Iscariot. He was surnamed Justus, and when lots were cast, Matthias was chosen.

• Ezekiel 5Bible

  In this chapter Ezekiel performs a symbolic act, shaving his head and beard and dividing the hair into three parts, which God then interprets as the judgment that will fall on Jerusalem.

• Ananias the High PriestPeople

  High priest in Jerusalem in the mid-first century. In Acts 23–24 he orders that Paul be struck on the mouth as Paul stands before the Sanhedrin, and he later brings charges against Paul before the governor at Caesarea.

• NeapolisBible

  Neapolis was a port city on the eastern coast of Macedonia. It was the first place Paul and his companions reached after sailing from Troas, before they went on to Philippi (Acts 16:11).

• Ananias (High Priest)People

  Ananias was a Jewish high priest who appears in Acts 23–24. He ordered those standing by to strike Paul on the mouth as Paul made his defense before the council, and he later brought charges against Paul before the governor Felix.

• JuliusPeople

  Julius was a Roman army centurion mentioned in Acts 27. He was responsible for escorting Paul, then a prisoner, from Caesarea to Rome.

• AntipatrisBible

  Antipatris is a town mentioned in Acts 23 where Roman troops stopped while escorting Paul overnight from Jerusalem to Caesarea. Herod the Great named it in honor of his father, Antipater.

• ChristianBible

  A Christian is "one who belongs to Christ," a person who believes in and follows Jesus as the Christ. The word appears three times in the New Testament, in Acts and 1 Peter.

• Titius JustusPeople

  Titius Justus was a Corinthian mentioned in Acts 18:7, a Gentile described as one who "worshipped God." His house, which stood next to the synagogue, became the place where Paul taught after leaving the synagogue.

• Leviticus 20:13Bible Verses

  Leviticus 20:13 is a provision in Leviticus 20 that declares sexual relations between men an "abomination" and prescribes the death penalty. It is frequently cited alongside Leviticus 18:22 in church discussions of homosexuality, and interpreters differ over how far it applies today.