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11) of Paul's teaching, before many of them came to belief (verse 12). [10] There is a contrast between "women of high standing and men" who believe (verse 12) and "the crowds" ('the urban proletariat'), who were agitated by the Jews of Thessalonica (verse 13).
The New Testament uses a number of athletic metaphors in discussing Christianity, especially in the Pauline epistles and the Epistle to the Hebrews.Such metaphors also appear in the writings of contemporary philosophers, such as Epictetus and Philo, [2] drawing on the tradition of the Olympic Games; [3] this may have influenced New Testament use of the imagery.
A day's journey in pre-modern literature, including the Bible [1] [2] and ancient geographers and ethnographers such as Herodotus, is a measurement of distance. In the Bible, it is not as precisely defined as other Biblical measurements of distance ; the distance has been estimated from 32 to 40 kilometers (20 to 25 miles).
Acts 16 is the sixteenth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It records the start of the second missionary journey of Paul, together with Silas and Timothy.
47 – Paul (also known as Saul of Tarsus) begins his first missionary journey to Western Anatolia, part of modern-day Turkey via Cyprus. [3] 50 – Council of Jerusalem on admitting Gentiles into the Church [3] 51 – Paul begins his second missionary journey, a trip that will take him through modern-day Turkey and on into Greece [4]
Paul McCartney is a family man through and through. The Beatles icon, who has been married three times, has welcomed five children and eight grandchildren since his rise to stardom began in the 1960s.
Antioch served as a major Christian home base for Paul's early missionary activities, [4] and he remained there for "a long time with the disciples" [117] at the conclusion of his first journey. The exact duration of Paul's stay in Antioch is unknown, with estimates ranging from nine months to as long as eight years. [118]
The youngest of Paul’s children, Beatrice is also the only one born after Linda’s death. In 2002, Paul married Heather Mills, and the two welcomed a baby girl weighing 7 pounds a year later in ...