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In his sermon, Paul quotes from certain Greek philosophers and poets, namely in verse 17:28. He alludes to passages from Epimenides [7] and from either Aratus or Cleanthes. Paul then explained concepts such as the resurrection of the dead and salvation, in effect a prelude to the future discussions of Christology.
Paul speaks in the third person to show his humility and modesty. He says himself a "man", not to distinguish from an angel or any other creature; maybe only to express his gender (the Syriac version uses a distinct masculine word) or just to denote a person.
Paul begins with a summary of Hellenistic Jewish apologist discourse. [57] His summary begins by suggesting that humans have taken up ungodliness and wickedness for which there already is wrath from God. [58] People have taken God's invisible image and made him into an idol. Paul draws heavily here from the Wisdom of Solomon. [59]
In 2 Timothy 1:16-18, Paul sends a greeting to the man’s household in Ephesus and refers to the help he showed Paul earlier in Ephesus. Timothy, who led the Ephesian church is familiar with these acts. [5] Paul's praise of Onesiphorus is significant because it was written shortly before Paul's death as a final encouragement to Timothy.
Paul located Mount Sinai in Arabia in Galatians 4:24–25. [99] Paul asserted that he received the Gospel not from man, but directly by "the revelation of Jesus Christ". [100] He claimed almost total independence from the Jerusalem community [101] (possibly in the Cenacle), but agreed with it on the nature and content of the gospel. [102]
The Old Testament speaks of a place called sheol where the spirits of the dead reside. In the New Testament , hades , the classical Greek realm of the dead, takes the place of sheol . In particular, Jesus teaches in Luke 16:19–31 ( Lazarus and Dives ) that hades consists of two separate "sections", one for the righteous and one for the ...
Romans 9 is the ninth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It is authored by Paul the Apostle, while he was in Corinth in the mid-50s AD, [1] with the help of an amanuensis (secretary), Tertius, who adds his own greeting in Romans 16:22. [2]
Paul mentions that at some point they had risked their necks for him. [7] When Paul refers to Priscilla and Aquila, Priscilla is listed first two out of three times. Some scholars have suggested that she was the head of the family unit. [9]