Sunday, 19 May 2024, 6:29 AM
Site: Birmingham Theological Seminary
Course: Paul's Prison Epistles (Paul's Prison Epistles)
Glossary: Glossary for Lessons 1-5
Richard Ramsay
ManumitTo free from slavery. Emancipate. |
MorfeGreek word (transliteration) meaning form or outward shape |
NeroRoman Caesar at the time of Paul's imprisonment |
OnesimusPhilemon's slave who had left him. Paul asks Philemon to receive him back as a brother. |
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. |
PlatoGreek philosopher who, among other things, believed that the universe was the image of God, and that it was the greatest revelation of God |
PolytheistPerson who believes in many gods |
RegenerateSpiritually renewed, forgiven, made willing and able to obey |
SadduceesJewish religious group known for not believing in the resurrection. They did not accept the oral law, but only the written law. |
SanhedrinThe highest court of ancient Israel |