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Jason of Thessalonica (Greek: Ίάσων ό Θεσσαλονικεύς), also known as Jason of Tarsus, was a Jewish convert and early Christian believer mentioned in the New Testament in Acts 17:5–9 and Romans 16:21. Jason is venerated as a saint in the Orthodox and Roman Catholic traditions. His feast day is 12 July in the Roman Catholic ...
The Jewish Bible ("Old" Testament) repeatedly portrays the opaqueness and stubbornness of the Jewish people and their disloyalty to God. The Jewish Bible contains many predictions of the coming of Jesus as the Messiah (or "Christ"), yet the Jews are blind to the meaning of their own Bible.
Registration of the Jews of Thessaloniki by the Nazis, July 1942, Eleftherias Square Humiliation of the Jews, Eleftherias Square. Much of the discussion about the reasons for the high percentage of Jewish losses in Thessaloniki have been advanced in contrast to the case of Athens, where a large proportion of Jews managed to escape death.
About 50 AD, while on his second missionary journey, Paul the Apostle reasoned with the Jews from the Scriptures in this city's chief synagogue on three Sabbaths and sowed the seeds for Thessaloniki's first Christian church. During Paul's time in the city, he convinced some people among both Jews and Greeks to adopt Christian beliefs, as well ...
The Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki (Greek: Εβραϊκό Μουσείο Θεσσαλονίκης, Ladino: Museo Djudio de Salonik) is a museum in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. It displays the history of Sephardic Jews and Jewish life in Thessaloniki. The museum is being run by the Jewish community of the city.
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). [10]
Fragments showing 1 Thessalonians 1:3–2:1 and 2:6–13 on Papyrus 65, from the third century. The First Epistle to the Thessalonians [a] is a Pauline epistle of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle, and is addressed to the church in Thessalonica, in modern-day Greece.
The translation of the Old Testament from Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic texts of the Jewish Scriptures was first published in 1997. This translation has the blessing and approval of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece [16] and is also used in Evangelical and Charismatic churches. [17] It is known in English as "Today's Greek Version (TGV)".