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• Demas

  Demas is a New Testament figure, a coworker of the apostle Paul named in Colossians and Philemon, who is recorded in 2 Timothy as having forsaken Paul, "having loved this present world," and departed for Thessalonica.

• Crescens

  Crescens was a coworker of Paul who is named only once, in 2 Timothy 4:10. Scripture records only that he departed for Galatia while Paul was imprisoned in Rome.

• Luke

  Luke was a first-century coworker of Paul who is called "the beloved physician" in the Pauline epistles. Church tradition regards him as the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.

• Damascus

  Damascus, today the capital of Syria, is a city that appears throughout the Bible. In the Old Testament it is the chief city of Aram, and in the New Testament it is the city on the road to which Paul was converted.

• Ananias of Damascus

  Ananias of Damascus was a disciple in Damascus, mentioned in Acts 9 and 22, who laid his hands on the newly converted Saul (Paul), restoring his sight and leading him to be baptized.

• Judas (of Damascus)

  Judas was a man whose house stood on the street called Straight in Damascus. Saul (Paul), blinded immediately after his conversion, stayed in his house. Judas is named only once, in Acts 9:11.

• Conversion of Paul

  The conversion of Paul is the event in which Saul, a persecutor of the church, encountered the risen Jesus on the road to Damascus, became a Christian, and was called to be the apostle to the Gentiles. It is recorded three times in the Book of Acts.

• Hazael

  Hazael was a king of Aram, with his capital at Damascus, in the late ninth century BC. He killed Ben-hadad, seized the throne, and attacked Israel and Judah on several occasions.

• Eliezer (Servant of Abraham)

  Eliezer is the man of Damascus whom Abraham, while still childless, names as his heir in Genesis 15. He is commonly identified with Abraham's eldest servant, who in Genesis 24 goes to find a wife for Isaac.

• Abana and Pharpar

  Abana and Pharpar are two rivers of Damascus that Naaman, the commander of the Aramean army, compared with the Jordan River in 2 Kings 5.

• Rezin

  Rezin is generally regarded as the last king of Aram, whose capital was Damascus, in the late eighth century BC. He allied with Pekah, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, to attack Judah, but was killed by the Assyrians.

• Still Small Voice

  The "still small voice" is the quiet, faint sound that came to Elijah on Mount Horeb after the wind, the earthquake, and the fire had passed (1 Kings 19:12). The passage is often cited to illustrate the manner in which God reveals himself.

• Hezion

  Hezion is a figure named only in 1 Kings 15:18, where he appears as the grandfather of Ben-hadad, king of Syria, and the father of Tabrimon.

• Rezon

  Rezon was an Aramean who, in the time of David, fled from Hadadezer king of Zobah, gathered a band of men, became king in Damascus, and was an adversary of Israel all the days of Solomon (1 Kings 11:23-25).

• Numbers 24

  Despite the demands of Balak, king of Moab, Balaam blesses Israel a third time, sings of the "Star out of Jacob," pronounces the fates of the surrounding nations, and departs.

• Matthew 12:41

  Jesus' warning to those who demanded a sign: the men of Nineveh, who repented at Jonah's preaching, will condemn "this generation" at the judgment. The verse is often cited as a call to repentance and as a revelation of who Jesus is.

• Lamentations 4

  Lamentations 4 is a lament over the devastation of Jerusalem during and after its siege and capture by Babylon, contrasting "once" with "now." It closes by declaring that Zion's punishment has ended and that Edom will be judged.

• Rimmon

  Rimmon is the name of a god worshiped in Damascus, the capital of Aram. The name appears in 2 Kings 5, where Naaman, the Aramean commander who had been healed of leprosy, asks forgiveness in advance for entering the house of Rimmon when he accompanies his king there.

• Sign of Jonah

  The sign of Jonah refers to Jesus' reply to those who demanded a sign, that no sign would be given "but the sign of the prophet Jonas." The saying appears in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.

• Garden Tomb

  The Garden Tomb is a rock-cut tomb and garden north of the Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem. It became known in the nineteenth century when some Protestants proposed it as the tomb of Jesus, and today it is a favored place of reflection for Protestant pilgrims.