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Proselytes to Judaism
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.
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- PhrygiaBible
Phrygia is the name of an inland region of west-central Asia Minor (modern Türkiye). It is mentioned three times in the Acts of the Apostles, and Paul passed through it on two occasions.
- 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.
- NicolasPeople
Nicolas was one of the seven men chosen by the church in Jerusalem in Acts 6 to oversee the distribution of relief. He was a native of Antioch who had been a proselyte to Judaism.
- AntiochBible
Antioch is the name of two cities in the New Testament: Syrian Antioch, where believers were first called "Christians" and from which Paul's missionary journeys set out, and Pisidian Antioch, where Paul preached in the synagogue.
- Acts 2:39–41Bible Verses
The verses that conclude Peter's sermon at Pentecost, proclaiming that the promise is "unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off" and reporting that three thousand were baptized that day. The passage is frequently cited in the debate over infant baptism and in discussions of the promise of the Holy Spirit.