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Cilicia
[Bible]Cilicia was a region on the Mediterranean coast of southeastern Asia Minor. Tarsus, the hometown of the apostle Paul, was located there, and the region is mentioned in Acts and Galatians.
Lycaonia
[Bible]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.
Julius
[People]Julius was a Roman army centurion mentioned in Acts 27. He was responsible for escorting Paul, then a prisoner, from Caesarea to Rome.
Publius
[People]Publius is the "chief man of the island" of Melita (Malta) mentioned in Acts 28. He hosted the shipwrecked Paul and his companions for three days, and Paul healed his father through prayer and the laying on of hands.
Elymas
[People]Elymas, also called Bar-Jesus, was a Jewish sorcerer who, according to Acts 13, opposed the preaching of Paul and Barnabas at Paphos on Cyprus and was struck temporarily blind.
Nicopolis
[Bible]Nicopolis is a city mentioned in Titus 3:12, where Paul had decided to spend the winter and to which he summoned Titus. The name means "city of victory" in Greek.
Fair Havens
[Bible]Fair Havens was a harbor on the southern coast of the island of Crete, near the city of Lasea, where the ship carrying Paul stopped on its way to Rome, according to Acts 27.
Salamis
[Bible]Salamis was a port city on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, where Paul and Barnabas first preached the gospel on their first missionary journey (Acts 13:5).
Sect of the Nazarenes
[Bible]The "sect of the Nazarenes" is the expression the advocate Tertullus used in Acts 24 for the followers of Jesus when he brought charges against Paul. The Greek word behind "sect" here is closer to "sect" or "faction" than to "heresy" in the modern doctrinal sense.
Pisidia
[Bible]Pisidia was an inland region in the Taurus Mountains of southern Asia Minor (modern Turkey). In the Book of Acts, Paul and Barnabas pass through it on their first missionary journey.
Word of Knowledge
[Bible]The word of knowledge is one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit listed by the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 12:8. Interpretations of what it refers to differ among denominations and theological traditions.
Romans 16
[Bible]Romans 16 is the final chapter of the Epistle to the Romans. Paul commends Phoebe and sends greetings to the believers in Rome. He then warns them to watch out for those who cause divisions and closes the letter with a doxology giving glory to God.
2 Corinthians 13
[Bible]2 Corinthians 13 is the final chapter of 2 Corinthians. As Paul prepares for his third visit, he urges the Corinthian believers to examine their own faith, then closes the letter with a blessing in the name of the triune God.
Judas (of Damascus)
[People]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.
Genesis 2:24
[Bible Verses]Genesis 2:24 states that a man shall leave his father and his mother and cleave unto his wife, and "they shall be one flesh." Quoted by both Jesus and Paul, it is a foundational text on marriage and is regularly cited in discussions of the definition of marriage, divorce, and family relationships.
Mark
[People]Mark is a figure of the early church who appears in the New Testament book of Acts and in the Epistles. In Acts he is called "John, whose surname was Mark," and he worked alongside Paul, Barnabas, and Peter. He is traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of Mark.
Gamaliel
[People]Gamaliel was a first-century Pharisaic teacher of the law in Jerusalem. In the Book of Acts he dissuades the council from punishing the apostles, and he is named as the teacher of Paul.
Psalm 44:22
[Bible Verses]A verse from Psalm 44, a communal lament, in which Israel protests to God that its people are being killed not because of their sin but "for thy sake." Because Paul quotes it in Romans 8:36, it is frequently cited in discussions of suffering and faith.
Isaiah 45:9
[Bible Verses]Isaiah 45:9 is a verse in the Book of Isaiah that uses the image of the potter and the clay to declare that the creature cannot contend with the Creator. Because Paul uses a similar analogy in Romans 9, the verse is frequently cited in discussions of divine sovereignty and predestination.
Fruit of the Spirit
[Bible]The fruit of the Spirit refers to the nine virtues—love, joy, peace, and others—that Paul lists in Galatians 5:22–23 as the character displayed by those who live by the Spirit.