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Onesiphorus (Greek: Ονησιφόρος; meaning "bringing profit" or "useful") was a Christian referred to in the New Testament letter of Second Timothy (2 Tim 1:16–18 and 2 Tim 4:19). According to the letter sent by St. Paul , Onesiphorus sought out Paul who was imprisoned at the time in Rome .
Born at Woodchester, Gloucestershire, he was the son of Sir Onesiphorus Paul, textile manufacturer, by his first wife, Jane, daughter of Francis Blackburne of St. Nicholas, Yorkshire. He matriculated at St. John's College, Oxford, on 8 December 1763, graduating M.A. 12 December 1766. He took the additional Christian name of George in February 1780.
Onesimus of Byzantium (Ancient Greek: Ὀνήσιμος, romanized: Onēsimos, meaning "useful"; died c. 107 AD, according to Catholic tradition), [1] also called Onesimus and The Holy Apostle Onesimus in the Eastern Orthodox Church, [2] was a slave [3] to Philemon, a man of Christian faith.
This happened before 54, when Claudius died and the expulsion of the Jews from Rome was lifted. In Romans 16:3–4, thought to have been written in 56 or 57, [7] Paul sends his greetings to Priscilla and Aquila and proclaims that both of them "risked their necks" to save Paul's life. Tradition reports that Aquila and Priscilla were martyred ...
Erastus, Olympus, Rhodion, Sosipater, Quartus and Tertius Stachys, Amplias, Urban Patrobulus, Hermas, Linus, Caius, Philologus Sosthenes, Apollo, Cephas, Tychicus, Epaphroditus, Cæsar and Onesiphorus. The feast day commemorating the seventy is known as the "Synaxis of the Seventy Disciples" in Eastern Orthodoxy, and is celebrated on January 4.
The 11-year-old died by suicide on February 8 – five days after her mother found her unresponsive at their home in Gainesville, Texas, according to an online obituary. Her mother says Jocelynn ...
Joseph of Arimathea (Ancient Greek: Ἰωσὴφ ὁ ἀπὸ Ἀριμαθαίας) is a Biblical figure who assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus after his crucifixion.
Sosthenes, Apollo, Cephas, Tychicus, Epaphroditus, Cæsar and Onesiphorus. Tychicus (/ ˈ t ɪ k ɪ k ə s /: Greek: Τυχικός) was an Asiatic Christian who, with Trophimus, accompanied the Apostle Paul on a part of his journey from Macedonia to Jerusalem.