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• Clement (Philippians)

  [People]

  Clement was a believer in the church at Philippi who is named once, in Philippians 4:3, where the apostle Paul mentions him among his fellow workers who labored with him for the gospel.

• Areopagus

  [Bible]

  The Areopagus is a rocky hill in Athens, Greece, and also the name of the council that took its name from the hill. In Acts 17 it is the place where Paul addressed the philosophers of Athens.

• Secundus

  [People]

  Secundus was a Christian from Thessalonica who is mentioned only once in Scripture, in Acts 20:4. He was one of the companions, along with Aristarchus and others, who traveled with Paul near the end of his third missionary journey.

• Stephanas

  [People]

  Stephanas was a believer in the church at Corinth, mentioned in 1 Corinthians, and the head of a household baptized by Paul. Paul calls his household "the firstfruits of Achaia" and presents it as an example of devoted service to the saints.

• Zenas

  [People]

  Zenas was a first-century Christian named only once in the New Testament, in Titus 3:13, where he is called "the lawyer." Paul asked Titus to help Zenas and Apollos on their journey.

• Phrygia

  [Bible]

  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.

• Sceva

  [People]

  Sceva was a Jewish priest (or high priest) mentioned in Acts 19. He is known for an incident in Ephesus in which his seven sons tried, and failed, to cast out evil spirits by invoking the name of Jesus whom Paul preached.

• Sergius Paulus

  [People]

  Sergius Paulus was the Roman proconsul of Cyprus mentioned in Acts 13. He sought to hear the word of God from Barnabas and Saul (Paul), and Scripture records that he believed after seeing the sorcerer Elymas struck blind.

• Alexander the Coppersmith

  [People]

  Alexander the coppersmith is a metalworker mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:14-15. He is recorded as having done Paul "much evil" and as having greatly withstood his teaching.

• Urbanus

  [People]

  Urbanus was a believer in the church at Rome whose name appears in Romans 16:9 in the New Testament. Paul included him in his greetings, calling him "our helper in Christ."

• Phygelus and Hermogenes

  [People]

  Phygelus and Hermogenes are two men named in 2 Timothy 1:15. Of those in the Roman province of Asia who "turned away" from Paul, they are the two whom Paul singles out by name.

• Achaicus

  [People]

  Achaicus was a believer in the church at Corinth, mentioned only once, in 1 Corinthians 16:17. With Stephanas and Fortunatus, he visited Paul in Ephesus and brought him encouragement.

• Fortunatus

  [People]

  Fortunatus was a believer from the church at Corinth who is mentioned only once, in 1 Corinthians 16:17. Together with Stephanas and Achaicus, he visited Paul at Ephesus.

• Paphos

  [Bible]

  Paphos was a city on the southwestern coast of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. According to Acts 13, Paul and Barnabas proclaimed the gospel there to the Roman proconsul Sergius Paulus during their first missionary journey.

• Antonia Fortress

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  The Antonia Fortress was a stronghold built by Herod the Great at the northwest corner of the Temple in Jerusalem. It is generally identified with the "castle" into which the Roman chief captain brought Paul in Acts 21–23.

• Drink Offering

  [Bible]

  The drink offering was an Old Testament offering in which a beverage such as wine was poured out to God, usually alongside the burnt offering or the peace offering. In the New Testament, Paul compared his own devotion and death to a drink offering.

• Euraquilo

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  Euraquilo is the name of the violent northeast wind that, according to Acts 27, struck the ship carrying Paul to Rome off the coast of Crete.

• Parchment

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  Parchment is a writing material made by preparing the skins of animals such as sheep, goats, and calves into thin sheets. In the Bible it appears in 2 Timothy 4:13 as one of the items Paul asked Timothy to bring him.

• Church of Antioch

  [History]

  The church of Antioch was an early church founded in the first century in Antioch, a major city of Syria. It was there that believers were first called "Christians," and it was this church that sent Barnabas and Paul on the mission to the Gentiles.

• Via Egnatia

  [History]

  The Via Egnatia was a trunk road that Rome built across the Balkan Peninsula in the late second century BC. It is known as the route the apostle Paul traveled on his way to Philippi and Thessalonica.