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2. Lydia of Thyatira - Wikipedia

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   Lydia of Thyatira is most known as a "seller" or merchant of purple cloth, which is the likely reason for the Catholic Church naming her "patroness of dyers." It is unclear as to if Lydia simply dealt in the trade of purple dye or whether her business included textiles as well, [7] though all known icons of the saint depict her with some form ...

3. Textus Receptus - Wikipedia

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   Complutensian Polyglot Bible is the name given to the first printed polyglot of the entire Bible. The edition was initiated and financed by Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436–1517). And although the work of the Polyglot is not directly derived from Erasmus' Novum Instramentum Omne, some such as the Trinitarian Bible Society have ...

4. Codex Alexandrinus - Wikipedia

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   The manuscript is a codex (the forerunner to the modern book) made from 773 thin, fine, and very beautiful vellum folios (specific name for pages in a codex: 630 in the Old Testament and 143 in the New Testament) measuring 12.6 × 10.4 inches (32 × 26 cm), bound in quarto format (parchment leaves placed on top of each other, folded in half ...

5. Revelation 12 - Wikipedia

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   Revelation 12 is the twelfth chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, [1][2] but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. [3] This chapter contains the accounts about the woman, the dragon, and ...

6. Abraham and Lot's conflict - Wikipedia

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   Abraham and Lot's conflict (Hebrew: מריבת רועי אברהם ורועי לוט, Merivat Roey Avraham Ve'Roey Lot) is an event in the Book of Genesis, in the weekly Torah portion, Lech-Lecha, that depicts the separation of Abraham and Lot, as a result of a fight among their shepherds. The dispute ends in a peaceful way, in which Abraham ...

7. Simeon Niger - Wikipedia

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   Simon Niger is a person in the Book of Acts in the New Testament. He is mentioned in Acts 13:1 as being one of the "prophets and teachers" in the church of Antioch: In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. [1] The ...

8. Bible - Wikipedia

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   The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures which to a certain degree are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms ...

9. Gaius (biblical figure) - Wikipedia

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   Gaius is the Greek spelling for the male Roman name Caius, a figure in the New Testament of the Bible. A Christian, Gaius is mentioned in Macedonia as a traveling companion of Paul, along with Aristarchus (Acts 19:29). One chapter later, Gaius who has a residence in Derbe is named as one of Paul's seven traveling companions who waited for him ...