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While the view is not widely held among scholars, some scholars have suggested that Priscilla was the author of the Book of Hebrews. Although acclaimed for its artistry, originality, and literary excellence, it is one of the few books in the New Testament with author anonymity (along with the Gospels and Acts). [ 3 ]
Paul describes Apollos' role at Corinth: I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. [8] Paul's Epistle refers to a schism between four parties in the Corinthian church, of which two attached themselves to Paul and Apollos respectively, using their names [9] (the third and fourth were Peter, identified as Cephas, and Jesus Christ ...
And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, 10 for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people." [16] "Vision": In the whole book, a vision will indicate where events are headed (cf. Acts 10:9–16 and 16:9–10). [17]
The Pauline epistles are the thirteen books in the New Testament traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle.. There is strong consensus in modern New Testament scholarship on a core group of authentic Pauline epistles whose authorship is rarely contested: Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, and Philemon.
Some time before 2 Corinthians was written, Paul paid the church at Corinth a second visit [32] to check some rising disorder, [33] and wrote them a letter, now lost. [34] The church had also been visited by Apollos, [35] perhaps by Peter, [36] and by some Jewish Christians who brought with them letters of commendation from Jerusalem. [37]
A minority view Hebrews as written in deliberate imitation of the style of Paul, [8] [9] with some contending that it was authored by Apollos or Priscilla and Aquila. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Scholars of Greek consider its writing to be more polished and eloquent than any other book of the New Testament, and "the very carefully composed and studied Greek ...
The seventy disciples (Greek: ἑβδομήκοντα μαθητές, hebdomikonta mathetes), known in the Eastern Christian traditions as the seventy apostles (Greek: ἑβδομήκοντα απόστολοι, hebdomikonta apostoloi), were early emissaries of Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke.
On the basis of their language, content, and other factors, the pastoral epistles are considered by skeptical scholars [9] as having been not written by Paul, but written after his death. [10] (The Second Epistle to Timothy, however, is sometimes thought to be more likely than the other two to have been written by Paul. [11])