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Due to the needs of other churches, requiring his presence elsewhere, he ordained his disciple Titus as bishop of that island, [11] and left him to finish the work he had started. Chrysostom says that this is an indication of the esteem Paul held for Titus. [5] Paul summoned Titus from Crete to join him at Nicopolis in Epirus. [12] Later, Titus ...
Titus, along with the two other pastoral epistles (1 Timothy and 2 Timothy), is regarded by some scholars as being pseudepigraphical. [9] On the basis of the language and content of the pastoral epistles, these scholars reject that they were written by Paul and believe that they were written by an anonymous forger after his death.
Tychicus (/ ˈ t ɪ k ɪ k ə s /: Greek: Τυχικός) was an Asiatic Christian who, with Trophimus, accompanied the Apostle Paul on a part of his journey from Macedonia to Jerusalem. He is also alluded to have been with Paul in Rome , where the apostle sent him to Ephesus, probably for the purpose of building up and encouraging the church ...
However it is believed that Origen wrote a commentary on at least the epistle to Titus. [19] Biblical scholars such as Stanley Porter or Ray Van Neste who ascribe the books to Paul find their placement fits within his life and work and see the linguistic differences as complementary to differences in the recipients. [20]
Titus 3 is the third and final chapter of the Epistle to Titus in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.The letter is traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle, sent from Nicopolis of Macedonia (Roman province), addressed to Titus in Crete.
Titus and this disciple were evidently, those to whose care Paul entrusted the carrying of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians. The apostle says of this unnamed brother, not only that his praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches, but also that he was chosen by the churches to travel with him.
Most scholars believe that Paul actually wrote seven of the thirteen Pauline epistles (Galatians, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Philemon, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians), while three of the epistles in Paul's name are widely seen as pseudepigraphic (1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus). [1] Whether Paul wrote the three other epistles in his ...
Zenas the Lawyer (Ancient Greek: Ζηνᾶς) was a first-century Christian mentioned in Paul the Apostle's Epistle to Titus in the New Testament. In Titus 3:13, Paul writes: "Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them" . His name is a shortened form of "Zenodoros", meaning "gift of Zeus". [1]