{"query": "Easton: Apostle", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_46c9467e1e21", "title": "Easton: Stephanas", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Crown, a member of the church at Corinth, whose family were among those the apostle had baptized (1 Cor. 1:16; 16:15, 17). He has been supposed by some to have been the “jailer of Philippi” (comp. Act"}, {"id": "card_n_0c893e514ffe", "title": "Easton: Trophimus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A foster-child, an Ephesian who accompanied Paul during a part of his third missionary journey (Acts 20:4; 21:29). He was with Paul in Jerusalem, and the Jews, supposing that the apostle had brought h"}, {"id": "card_n_b428a2a3bda7", "title": "Easton: Apostle", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A person sent by another; a messenger; envoy. This word is once used as a descriptive designation of Jesus Christ, the Sent of the Father (Heb. 3:1; John 20:21). It is, however, generally used as desi"}, {"id": "card_n_d71a58fce1e5", "title": "Easton: Peter, Second Epistle of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The question of the authenticity of this epistle has been much discussed, but the weight of evidence is wholly in favour of its claim to be the production of the apostle whose name it bears. It appear"}, {"id": "card_n_71cbf4222dc8", "title": "Easton: Reconcilation", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A change from enmity to friendship. It is mutual, i.e., it is a change wrought in both parties who have been at enmity. (1.) In Col. 1:21, 22, the word there used refers to a change wrought in the per"}, {"id": "card_n_88c46b589551", "title": "Easton: Romans, Epistle to the", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This epistle was probably written at Corinth. Phoebe (Rom. 16:1) of Cenchrea conveyed it to Rome, and Gaius of Corinth entertained the apostle at the time of his writing it (16:23; 1 Cor. 1:14), and E"}, {"id": "card_n_0a57be27db93", "title": "Easton: Titus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Honourable, was with Paul and Barnabas at Antioch, and accompanied them to the council at Jerusalem (Gal. 2:1-3; Acts 15:2), although his name nowhere occurs in the Acts of the Apostles. He appears to"}, {"id": "card_n_915917bcd1fb", "title": "Easton: Revelation, Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "=The Apocalypse, the closing book and the only prophetical book of the New Testament canon. The author of this book was undoubtedly John the apostle. His name occurs four times in the book itself (1:1"}, {"id": "card_c_61f2a59e29fd", "title": "Easton: Apostle references James", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references James. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_75c1522737d8", "title": "Easton: Apostle references Matthew", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Matthew. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_n_8d4beb34143a", "title": "Easton: Demas", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A companion and fellow-labourer of Paul during his first imprisonment at Rome (Philemon 1:24; Col. 4:14). It appears, however, that the love of the world afterwards mastered him, and he deserted the a"}, {"id": "card_n_289eee839607", "title": "Easton: Alphaeus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) The father of James the Less, the apostle and writer of the epistle (Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13), and the husband of Mary (John 19:25). The Hebrew form of this name is Cleopas, o"}, {"id": "card_c_814cc9c35c96", "title": "Easton: Apostle cites Mark", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Mark 3:14; Mark 3:16; Mark 16:20 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_da526859e151", "title": "Easton: Apostle cites Luke", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Luke 6:13; Luke 6:14 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_9de284733d92", "title": "Easton: Rhodes", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A rose, an island to the south of the western extremity of Asia Minor, between Coos and Patara, about 46 miles long and 18 miles broad. Here the apostle probably landed on his way from Greece to Syria"}, {"id": "card_n_59ac60caaf69", "title": "Easton: Epaphroditus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Fair, graceful; belonging to Aphrodite or Venus the messenger who came from Phillipi to the apostle when he was a prisoner at Rome (Phil. 2:25-30; 4:10-18). Paul mentions him in words of esteem and af"}, {"id": "card_c_057b620b1c89", "title": "Easton: Apostle cites John", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites John 20:21; John 14:16; John 15:27; John 14:26 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_a7c004504bb5", "title": "Easton: Epaenetus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Commendable, a Christian at Rome to whom Paul sent his salutation (Rom. 16:5). He is spoken of as “the first fruits of Achaia” (R.V., “of Asia”, i.e., of proconsular Asia, which is probably the correc"}, {"id": "card_c_41e605094bde", "title": "Easton: Apostle cites Acts", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Acts 2:4; Acts 1:21; Acts 9:3; Acts 12:2; Acts 22:14; Acts 2:43 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_62f678fe448f", "title": "Easton: Achaichus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1 Cor. 16:17), one of the members of the church of Corinth who, with Fortunatus and Stephanas, visited Paul while he was at Ephesus, for the purpose of consulting him on the affairs of the church. Th"}]}