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• PhilipPeople

  Philip is the name of two figures in the New Testament: Philip the Apostle, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, and Philip the Evangelist, one of the seven men appointed by the church in Jerusalem.

• MatthiasPeople

  Matthias was chosen by lot to fill the place left vacant by Judas Iscariot and was numbered with the eleven apostles. In Scripture he appears only in Acts 1.

• MagiPeople

  The Magi were men from the East who, at the time of Jesus' birth, saw a star, came to worship the infant Jesus, and presented him with gold, frankincense, and myrrh. They appear only in Matthew 2.

• Lois and EunicePeople

  Lois and Eunice were New Testament women, the grandmother and mother of Timothy, the apostle Paul's coworker. In 2 Timothy 1:5 they are named as the ones in whom Timothy's faith first dwelt.

• Parable of the Lost CoinBible

  The Parable of the Lost Coin is a parable of Jesus found in Luke 15:8-10. It tells of a woman who loses one silver coin, finds it, and rejoices with her neighbors, and it speaks of the joy before God when one sinner repents.

• The Rich Man and LazarusBible

  The Rich Man and Lazarus is a story told by Jesus in Luke 16:19–31. A rich man who lived in luxury and Lazarus, a beggar who lay at his gate, find their situations reversed after death. The story addresses wealth, care for one's neighbor, repentance, and the word of God.

• Parable of the Rich FoolBible

  The Parable of the Rich Fool is a parable of Jesus found in Luke 12:13–21. It tells of a rich man who enlarges his barns, stores up his wealth, and feels secure, only to hear the words "this night thy soul shall be required of thee." The parable warns against covetousness.

• Parable of the Unforgiving ServantBible

  A parable that Jesus tells in Matthew 18 in answer to Peter's question about forgiveness. A king forgives a servant a debt of ten thousand talents, but the servant refuses to forgive a fellow servant's debt of a hundred denarii and is punished. The parable teaches the relationship between the forgiveness received from God and the forgiveness extended to one's neighbor.

• Feast of WeeksBible

  The Feast of Weeks was one of Israel's three pilgrimage festivals, at which the firstfruits of the wheat harvest were offered. It was observed after counting seven weeks from the day the first sheaf of grain was presented, and in the New Testament it is called Pentecost.

• EpistlesBible

  The Epistles are the twenty-one books of the New Testament, from Romans through Jude, that were written in letter form. They are commonly divided into the Pauline Epistles, Hebrews, and the General Epistles, and within the Pauline Epistles the Prison Epistles and the Pastoral Epistles are often distinguished.

• NicolaitansBible

  The Nicolaitans are a group mentioned in the letters to the churches at Ephesus and Pergamum in Revelation 2. Scripture records only that Christ hates their deeds and doctrine; it does not identify who they were.

• ArchelausPeople

  Archelaus was a son of Herod the Great who ruled Judea after his father's death. He is mentioned only once in Scripture, in Matthew 2:22, as the reason Joseph's family settled in Nazareth after returning from Egypt.

• 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.

• Tribe of BenjaminBible

  The tribe of Benjamin was one of the tribes of Israel, made up of the descendants of Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob. Israel's first king, Saul, and the apostle Paul both came from this tribe.

• NainBible

  Nain was a small village in southern Galilee. It is mentioned only once in the Bible, in Luke 7:11, as the setting of the account in which Jesus raised a widow's only son.

• VeronicaPeople

  Veronica is a woman known only from church tradition; her name does not appear in the Bible. Tradition holds that she wiped the face of Jesus with a cloth as he carried the cross, and it identifies her with the woman with the issue of blood in the Gospels.

• SargonPeople

  Sargon, known to scholars as Sargon II, was a king who ruled Assyria in the late eighth century BC. His name appears only once in the Bible, in Isaiah 20:1.

• HierapolisBible

  Hierapolis was a city in the Lycus Valley in the region of Phrygia in Asia Minor. It is mentioned once in Scripture, in Colossians 4:13, as a place where Epaphras labored. The site lies near present-day Pamukkale, Türkiye.

• James 1:12–14Bible Verses

  James 1:12–14 promises that the one who endures trials will receive "the crown of life" and states that the temptation leading to sin comes not from God but from a person's own desire. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of perseverance in suffering and of responsibility for sin.

• Ephesians 5:31–32Bible Verses

  A passage in which Paul quotes the "one flesh" saying of Genesis 2:24 and compares the union of husband and wife to the relationship between Christ and the church. It is often read at wedding services. Catholic and Protestant interpreters differ over whether the "mystery" should be understood as a sacrament.