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Isaiah 25:8
[Bible Verses]Isaiah 25:8 is a prophecy within Isaiah 24–27 promising that God will destroy death forever and wipe away the tears from all faces. Taken up by Paul and by the Book of Revelation, the verse is read as a leading Old Testament text for the hope of the resurrection and of the last things.
Ananias of Damascus
[People]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.
Philippian Jailer
[People]The Philippian jailer was the keeper of the prison at Philippi who, in Acts 16, held Paul and Silas in custody and, after a midnight earthquake, was baptized together with his whole household. Scripture does not record his name.
Euodia and Syntyche
[People]Euodia and Syntyche were two women believers in the church at Philippi, named in Philippians 4:2. Paul urged them to "be of the same mind in the Lord."
Damascus
[Bible]Damascus, today the capital of Syria, is an ancient city that appears throughout the Bible. In the Old Testament it is the chief city of Aram; in the New Testament it is the city toward which Paul was traveling when he was converted.
Rome
[Bible]Rome was the capital of the Roman Empire in the New Testament era and appears in Acts, Romans, and other books. Paul wrote a letter to the believers there and later went to the city as a prisoner, where he preached the gospel.
Athens
[Bible]Athens is a city in the Attica region of Greece that still bears the same name today. During his second missionary journey, the apostle Paul stayed there and preached on the Areopagus, as recorded in Acts 17.
Genesis 2:20–24
[Bible Verses]This passage depicts God making the woman from the rib taken from Adam and bringing her to him. The phrase "they shall be one flesh" in verse 24, quoted by Jesus and Paul, is widely used as a foundation for the Christian understanding of marriage. The passage also figures frequently in interpretive debates over the relationship between men and women and the status of women.
Synagogue
[Bible]In the New Testament era, the synagogue was a local community meeting place where Jews gathered on the Sabbath and other occasions to read and study the Law and the Prophets and to pray. Jesus and Paul taught and proclaimed the gospel there.
The Resurrection Chapter
[Bible]The Resurrection Chapter is a name for 1 Corinthians 15 in the New Testament. In this chapter Paul gives his most extensive treatment of the resurrection of Christ and the bodily resurrection of believers on the last day.
Abba, Father
[Bible]"Abba" is an Aramaic word meaning "father." It appears three times in the New Testament, each time followed by the Greek word for "father" as "Abba, Father": once in the prayer of Jesus in Gethsemane and twice in the letters of Paul.
Bernice
[People]Bernice is a first-century woman mentioned in Acts 25–26. She came to Caesarea with King Agrippa and was present when Paul made his defense before the governor Festus.
Colossae
[Bible]Colossae was a city in the region of Phrygia in Asia Minor, in what is today southwestern Türkiye. Paul sent the Epistle to the Colossians to the church there, and Philemon and Onesimus are also regarded as associated with this church.
Rufus
[People]Rufus appears in the Gospel of Mark as a son of Simon of Cyrene, the man compelled to carry the cross of Jesus. Scholars differ on whether he is the same Rufus whom Paul greets in Romans 16.
Claudius Lysias
[People]Claudius Lysias was a Roman military tribune (the "chief captain" of the KJV) who appears in the Book of Acts. He seized Paul while a mob was beating him at the Temple in Jerusalem, placed him under protective custody, and sent him under escort to the governor Felix.
Drusilla
[People]Drusilla was a Jewish woman mentioned in Acts 24 and the wife of the Roman governor Felix. Together with her husband, she heard Paul speak about faith in Christ Jesus while he was held in custody at Caesarea.
Agabus
[People]Agabus was a prophet of the early church who appears twice in the Book of Acts. At Antioch he foretold a great famine, and at Caesarea he prophesied through a symbolic action that Paul would be bound in Jerusalem.
Sosthenes
[People]Sosthenes is a first-century figure in the New Testament. The Book of Acts presents him as a ruler of the synagogue in Corinth, and First Corinthians names him as the "brother" who joined Paul in sending the letter. Scholars disagree over whether the two references are to the same person.
Crete
[Bible]Crete is a large island in the eastern Mediterranean, south of the Aegean Sea, and is the island of Crete in modern Greece. In the New Testament it appears as a place Paul sailed past while being taken to Rome and as the place where Titus ministered by appointing elders.
Ananias (High Priest)
[People]Ananias was a Jewish high priest who appears in Acts 23–24. He ordered those standing by to strike Paul on the mouth as Paul made his defense before the council, and he later brought charges against Paul before the governor Felix.