Historical Background To Paul’s Pastoral Epistles [1st Timothy, 2nd Timothy and Titus] – Paul’s First and Second Letters to Timothy and his Letter to Titus have been called “Pastoral Letters” since the eighteenth century (1700’s) – [Though] Thomas Aquinas [born (in Sicily Italy) 1225 AD; died 7 March 1274 AD – wiki.com] had given this…
Second Epistle to Timothy – The Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy, usually referred to simply as Second Timothy and often written 2 Timothy, is one of the three Pastoral Epistles, traditionally attributed to Saint Paul, and is part of the New Testament – [The Apostle] Paul [in prison again] clearly anticipates his being put…
Background of Titus – Paul wrote this letter to Titus, a young [Gentile] pastor, who faced the unenviable assignment of setting things in order in the church at Crete – Crete is the largest island in the Mediterranean – The inhabitants of Crete had an evil reputation, a fact witnessed not only by Paul, but…
Philemon: Introduction – Even though this letter is a brief, personal note to a friend, it shows up in the early canon lists (Marcion’s [Cannon of 144 A.D.] and the Muratorian [Cannon 170-200 A.D.]) – Further, the ancient church never doubted its authenticity Epistle – Place of Origin: The traditional view that this letter was…
Introduction: The Book of Hebrews – The Book of Hebrews is probably the main content from the Apostle Paul’s Synagogue visiting ministry [Acts 17:2] – Acts 9:15 ‘for he [Paul] is a chosen vessel unto Me (Jesus), to bear My Name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the [Jews] Children of Israel’ – The Apostle…
An Overview Of The Book Of James – These factors suggest that the date of writing could have been possibly around A.D. 45 – Such a date makes the Letter of James the first book and letter of the New Testament to have been written It appears that the letter was written during the early…
Book of 1st Peter – Introduction and Background Information – Date of Writing somewhere around AD 62-64 [by Peter in Rome] {note: The cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ and the start of His Christian Church was in 32 A.D. counting His birth as year 0 A.D. [33 A.D. otherwise] — The Apostle Paul was…
Epistle of 2nd Peter – 2nd Peter was written somewhere around 67 AD, shortly before Peter’s martyrdom in Rome 2nd Peter was written somewhere around 67 AD, shortly before Peter’s martyrdom in Rome. It is [one of] the most controversial book of the New Testament because a wide variety of scholars deny its authenticity [Jude…
History of John the Disciple of Jesus To learn the history of John, the disciple of Jesus, we begin with his life before he met Jesus. John, his brother James, Peter, and Andrew were all partners in the fishing business before they became disciples of Jesus. John was the son of Zebedee who was also…
Walking Thru The Bible – SECOND & THIRD JOHN – While John does not use his name in these two epistles it is generally accepted by the scholars that the writer is the same as the writer of the first epistle and the Gospel that bears his name – John refers to himself as “the…