Thursday, 2 May 2024, 2:01 PM
Site: Birmingham Theological Seminary
Course: Paul's Prison Epistles (Paul's Prison Epistles)
Glossary: Glossary for Lessons 1-2

Malta

Island where Paul was shipwrecked on his way to Rome

Felix

Roman governor who tried Paul in Caesarea Maritima. Waited two years expecting Paul to bribe him.

Nero

Roman Caesar at the time of Paul's imprisonment

Gentile

Non Jewish person

Sanhedrin

The highest court of ancient Israel

Pharisees

Jewish 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. 

Sadducees

Jewish religious group known for not believing in the resurrection. They did not accept the oral law, but only the written law.

Caesarea Maritima

City in Samaria where Paul was imprisoned after his trial in Jerusalem

Agabus

Prophet who warned Paul that he would be put in chains in Jerusalem

Trophimus

Gentile that caused the Jews to become angry with Paul, because they thought Paul had let him enter the inner court of the temple in Jerusalem