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In Western Christianity, they are usually referred to as disciples, [2] whereas in Eastern Christianity they are usually referred to as apostles. [3] Using the original Greek words , both titles are descriptive, as an apostle is one sent on a mission (the Greek uses the verb form: apesteilen ) whereas a disciple is a student, but the two ...
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 ...
"Archaic Torso of Apollo" is a sonnet with the rhyme scheme AbbA CddC EEf GfG. [1] It is an ekphrasis—a rhetorical genre from ancient Greece that describes inanimate objects—of an archaic Greek sculpture of Apollo, of which only the torso and crotch area survive.
Douglas Moo, in his commentary about Colossians, writes this about Epaphras: "Little is known about him, though we can infer that he was a native of Colossae and that he was perhaps converted by Paul himself during the apostle's ministry in Ephesus. The mention of a co-worker at this point in a Pauline epistle is unusual, and the strength of ...
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.
Zenas the Lawyer (Ancient Greek: ΖηναΎ¶ς) was a first-century Christian mentioned in Paul the Apostle's Epistle to Titus in the New Testament.In Titus 3:13, Paul writes: "Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them" ().
The Dark Prophecy is an American fantasy novel based on Greek and Roman mythology written by American author Rick Riordan.It was published on May 2, 2017, and is the second book in The Trials of Apollo series, the second spin-off of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series.
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]