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G5546Χριστιανός Christianós — a Christian, i.e. follower of ChristG4245πρεσβύτερος presbýteros — olderG1247διακονέω diakonéō — to be an attendant, i.e. wait upon (menially or as a host,
friend, or (figuratively) teacher)G1249διάκονος diákonos — an
attendant, i.e. (genitive case) a waiter (at table or in other menial
duties)G3516νήπιος nḗpios — not
speaking, i.e. an infant (minor)G4609Σίλας Sílas — Silas, a Christian
Verses(3)
- Verse1 Peter 4:16But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.
- VerseActs 26:28Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”
- VerseActs 11:26and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called…
People(1)
Places(3)
- PlaceBethlehemBirthplace of David and, in Christian tradition, Jesus; a small town about six miles south of Jerusalem in the Judean hill country.
- PlaceMiletusThe port where Paul, hurrying to Jerusalem, summoned the Ephesian elders for the farewell address that is the only speech in Acts delivered to a Christian audience.
- PlaceAntioch (Syrian)Third city of the Roman empire and the first great Gentile church; where the disciples were first called Christians and every Pauline mission was launched and reported.
Manuscripts(3)
- ManuscriptCodex VaticanusA 4th-century Greek manuscript of the Christian Bible held at the Vatican Library; the other principal Alexandrian witness alongside Sinaiticus.
- ManuscriptCodex SinaiticusA 4th-century Greek manuscript of the Christian Bible, one of the two earliest substantially complete witnesses to the Septuagint and New Testament.
- ManuscriptThe Crosby–Schøyen CodexOne of the oldest bound books in the world — an Egyptian Christian's reader, in Coptic, with 1 Peter and Jonah inside.
Events(1)
Words (Strong's)(5+)
- WordG5546 Χριστιανός · Christianós (Greek)a Christian, i.e. follower of Christ
- WordG4245 πρεσβύτερος · presbýteros (Greek)older
- WordG1247 διακονέω · diakonéō (Greek)to be an attendant, i.e. wait upon (menially or as a host, friend, or (figuratively) teacher)
- WordG1249 διάκονος · diákonos (Greek)an attendant, i.e. (genitive case) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties)
- WordG3516 νήπιος · nḗpios (Greek)not speaking, i.e. an infant (minor)
Themes(5)
- ThemeResurrectionThe hope of resurrection surfaces gradually across the Old Testament before it becomes explicit. Job — likely the oldest book in the canon — already confesses a living Redeemer…
- ThemeSufferingSuffering enters the story at the Fall. Genesis 3 turns childbirth into pain and labor into toil, and the rest of the Old Testament treats hardship as the ordinary texture of…
- ThemeMercyMercy in Scripture is not a mood God occasionally feels but a self-disclosed name. When the LORD passes before Moses on Sinai and proclaims who He is, the first words out are…
- ThemeObedienceObedience enters the story at the very first command. In Eden, the boundary God sets — one tree, one prohibition — is the whole test of the relationship (Gen 2:17), and the…
- ThemeHope**Biblical hope is not optimism.** It is confident expectation anchored in God's character and God's word, held by people who often cannot see the outcome and sometimes cannot…
Topics(2)
Apologetics(2)
- ApologeticsThe Problem of Evil: Christian ResponsesJ. L. Mackie framed the logical problem of evil in Mind in 1955; in 1982 he conceded that Alvin Plantinga's free will defence had answered it, and the philosophical debate…
- ApologeticsCodex Sinaiticus (~350 AD)Codex Sinaiticus, copied around AD 330–360, is the oldest surviving complete New Testament and the oldest Christian Bible bound in a single volume. Its roughly 400 surviving…
Feature Pages(5+)
- FeatureThe Bible and SlaveryThe historical frame, what the Law actually protects, Paul's letter to a slave-owner, and the objection presented at full strength, unsoftened — a contested topic handled honestly, no triumphalism.
- FeatureChurch History — the great cloud of witnessesTwo thousand years of the church: ten eras, the martyrs, reformers, missionaries, and revivalists who ran the race before us.
- FeatureChristianity 101 — ten fundamentalsThe ten fundamentals of the faith for the new believer or the curious reader, each rooted in Scripture.
- FeaturePraying the Hard PsalmsThe imprecatory psalms, unedited — every defence at full strength with its limits, and what a Christian actually does with these words.
- FeatureThe Canticles — the Four Songs of Luke 1–2Magnificat, Benedictus, Gloria, Nunc Dimittis: the earliest Christian hymnody, its Old Testament DNA, and the hours the church has sung it since.
Authors(5+)
- AuthorCommodianCommodian wrote Christian poetry in Latin for people who were never going to read a theologian. Two works survive. The *Instructions* is a set of eighty short poems, each one…
- AuthorFrancis ChanFrancis Chan is a pastor, author, and speaker known for his passionate call to radical discipleship and authentic Christian living. His book "Crazy Love" became a bestseller…
- AuthorChuck MisslerDr. Charles Wendell "Chuck" Missler (May 28, 1934 – May 1, 2018) was an American Christian Bible teacher, businessman, author, and former US Naval Academy graduate (1956) and…
- AuthorWesley HuffWesley ("Wes") Livingstone Huff (born 1991) is a Canadian Christian apologist, Reformed Baptist theologian, and biblical manuscript scholar. He earned an M.A. in theological…
- AuthorA.W. TozerAiden Wilson Tozer (April 21, 1897 – May 12, 1963) was an American pastor, magazine editor, and author who spent his entire 44-year ministry inside the Christian and Missionary…