{"query": "Saul Who Became Paul", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_02ac6f811c16", "title": "Easton: Paul", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "=Saul (q.v.) was born about the same time as our Lord. His circumcision-name was Saul, and probably the name Paul was also given to him in infancy “for use in the Gentile world,” as “Saul” would be hi"}, {"id": "card_c_a18b25cd6018", "title": "Easton: Paul references Saul", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Saul (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_n_d876e22fdff8", "title": "Easton: Abner", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Father of light; i.e., “enlightening”, the son of Ner and uncle of Saul. He was commander-in-chief of Saul’s army (1 Sam. 14:50; 17:55; 20:25). He first introduced David to the court of Saul after the"}, {"id": "card_n_48dd1fef4ca8", "title": "Saul Who Became Paul", "shelf": "reference", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Breathing threats and slaughter; struck blind on the road; named chief of sinners; counts former gains as loss; preaches the faith he sought to destroy.\n\nFailure mode: Earlier zeal misdirected toward "}, {"id": "card_n_2d9b8a5011b3", "title": "Easton: Hachilah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The darksome hill, one of the peaks of the long ridge of el-Kolah, running out of the Ziph plateau, “on the south of Jeshimon” (i.e., of the “waste”), the district to which one looks down from the pla"}, {"id": "card_n_4d974cdf43bd", "title": "Easton: Gaius", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) A Macedonian, Paul’s fellow-traveller, and his host at Corinth when he wrote his Epistle to the Romans (16:23). He with his household were baptized by Paul (1 Cor. 1:14). During a heathen outbrea"}, {"id": "card_n_7df96180ca83", "title": "Easton: Felix", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Happy, the Roman procurator of Judea before whom Paul “reasoned” (Acts 24:25). He appears to have expected a bribe from Paul, and therefore had several interviews with him. The “worthy deeds” referred"}, {"id": "card_n_20a9445137c0", "title": "Revelation 1", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,\n2. who testifie"}, {"id": "card_n_f419a8e795cf", "title": "Easton: Luke", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The evangelist, was a Gentile. The date and circumstances of his conversion are unknown. According to his own statement (Luke 1:2), he was not an “eye-witness and minister of the word from the beginni"}, {"id": "card_n_8c5e13cb9935", "title": "Easton: Timothy", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Honouring God, a young disciple who was Paul’s companion in many of his journeyings. His mother, Eunice, and his grandmother, Lois, are mentioned as eminent for their piety (2 Tim. 1:5). We know nothi"}, {"id": "card_n_37374f90fa93", "title": "Easton: Ish-bosheth", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Man of shame or humiliation, the youngest of Saul’s four sons, and the only one who survived him (2 Sam. 2-4). His name was originally Eshbaal (1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39). He was about forty years of age when"}, {"id": "card_n_1e2a6d9b6b70", "title": "Easton: Michal", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Rivulet, or who as God?, the younger of Saul’s two daughters by his wife Ahinoam (1 Sam. 14:49, 50). “Attracted by the graces of his person and the gallantry of his conduct, she fell in love with Davi"}, {"id": "card_n_5a006c598b69", "title": "Easton: Aquila", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Eagle, a native of Pontus, by occupation a tent-maker, whom Paul met on his first visit to Corinth (Acts 18:2). Along with his wife Priscilla he had fled from Rome in consequence of a decree (A.D. 50)"}, {"id": "card_n_06aa0f5f9391", "title": "Easton: Stephen", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One of the seven deacons, who became a preacher of the gospel. He was the first Christian martyr. His personal character and history are recorded in Acts 6. “He fell asleep” with a prayer for his pers"}, {"id": "card_n_c6d775aa1f9e", "title": "Easton: Lydia", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Ezek. 30:5 (Heb. Lud), a province in the west of Asia Minor, which derived its name from the fourth son of Shem (Gen. 10:22). It was bounded on the east by the greater Phrygia, and on the west by"}, {"id": "card_n_fc0b8133cce7", "title": "Easton: Lystra", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A town of Lycaonia, in Asia Minor, in a wild district and among a rude population. Here Paul preached the gospel after he had been driven by persecution from Iconium (Acts 14:2-7). Here also he healed"}, {"id": "card_n_25bba71f200c", "title": "Psalm 135 — Psalm 135", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Praise Yah! Praise the name of Yahweh! Praise him, you servants of Yahweh, you who stand in the house of Yahweh, in the courts of our God's house. Praise Yah, for Yahweh is good. Sing praises to his n"}, {"id": "card_n_72c137732083", "title": "Easton: Alexander", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Man-defender. (1.) A relative of Annas the high priest, present when Peter and John were examined before the Sanhedrim (Acts 4:6). (2.) A man whose father, Simon the Cyrenian, bore the cross of Christ"}, {"id": "card_n_bb6a0264e07f", "title": "Easton: Onesimus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Useful, a slave who, after robbing his master Philemon (q.v.) at Colosse, fled to Rome, where he was converted by the apostle Paul, who sent him back to his master with the epistle which bears his nam"}, {"id": "card_n_e227087cafa9", "title": "Easton: Abishai", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Father of (i.e., “desirous of”) a gift, the eldest son of Zeruiah, David’s sister. He was the brother of Joab and Asahel (2 Sam. 2:18; 1 Chr. 2:16). Abishai was the only one who accompanied David when"}]}