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Rhoda
Rhoda was a young girl in Jerusalem who appears in Acts 12. When Peter, newly released from prison, knocked at the gate of the house of Mary the mother of Mark, Rhoda recognized his voice and told those gathered inside.
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- KittimBible
Kittim is a place name and an ethnic name found in the Old Testament. It is thought to have originally referred to the island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean, or to a port city there. It later came to be used more broadly for the coastlands and islands lying across the sea to the west.
- JavanPeople
Javan was the fourth son of Japheth, the son of Noah, and appears in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10. In the Old Testament his name is also used for the Greek people and their land.
- Acts 21Bible
Acts 21 is the chapter in which Paul, having completed his third missionary journey, goes up to Jerusalem despite warnings, meets with James and the elders, and is arrested by a Roman chief captain after a riot breaks out in the temple.