Monday, 29 April 2024, 9:02 AM
Site: Birmingham Theological Seminary
Course: Paul's Prison Epistles (Paul's Prison Epistles)
Glossary: Glossary for Lessons 1-2
Richard Ramsay
AgabusProphet who warned Paul that he would be put in chains in Jerusalem |
AgapeGreek word meaning "love" |
AsceticismThe improper avoidance of physical pleasure |
Caesarea MaritimaCity in Samaria where Paul was imprisoned after his trial in Jerusalem |
EpaphrasFounder of the church in Colosse |
FelixRoman governor who tried Paul in Caesarea Maritima. Waited two years expecting Paul to bribe him. |
GentileNon Jewish person |
MaltaIsland where Paul was shipwrecked on his way to Rome |
NeroRoman Caesar at the time of Paul's imprisonment |
PhariseesJewish religious group known for their strict observance of the law. They believed in the resurrection and in the oral law, as well as the written law. |