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Timothy was from the Lycaonian city of Lystra [10] or of Derbe [2] [3] in Asia Minor, born of a Jewish mother who had become a Christian believer, and a Greek father. The Apostle Paul met him during his second missionary journey and he became Paul's companion and missionary partner along with Silas . [ 11 ]
Timothy is a masculine name. It is a version of the Greek name Τιμόθεος meaning 'one who honours God', from τιμή 'honour' and θεός 'god'. [1] [2] [3] Timothy (and its variations) is a common name in several countries. In the United States, the name was most popular in the 1960s, ranking 13th among all boys' names.
Timothy is a masculine name. It comes from the Greek name Τιμόθεος ( Timόtheos ) meaning "honouring God", "in God's honour", or "honoured by God". Timothy (and its variations) is a common name in several countries.
The concept of Seven Archangels is found in some works of early Jewish literature and in Christianity. [1] In those texts, they are referenced as the angels who serve God directly. The Catholic Church venerates seven archangels: in Latin Christianity, three are invoked by name (Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael) while the Eastern Catholic Churches ...
Although some images of Jews exist in the synagogue in Dura-Europos, and such images may have been common, their influence on the depictions of Jesus remains unknown. [82] Christian depictions of Jesus which were produced during the 3rd and 4th centuries typically focused on New Testament scenes of healings and other miracles. [84]
Luke 1:31 states: "... bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS." [11] In the New Testament the name Jesus is given both in the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of Matthew, and Emmanuel only in Matthew. In Luke 1:31 an angel tells Mary to name her child Jesus, and in Matthew 1:21 an angel tells Joseph to name the child Jesus.
The first followers of Jesus were essentially all ethnically Jewish or Jewish proselytes. Jesus was Jewish, preached to the Jewish people, and called from them his first followers. According to McGrath, Jewish Christians, as faithful religious Jews, "regarded their movement as an affirmation of every aspect of contemporary Judaism, with the ...
Born into the Jewish faith, she and her mother Lois accepted Christianity. Eunice is identified by name only in 2 Timothy 1:5, where the author writes to Timothy, "I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well" ( ESV ).