by Bible Story Graphics | Jan 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
Title Unlike most books of the Bible, Revelation contains its own title: “The Revelation of Jesus Christ” (1:1). “Revelation” (Gr., apokalupsis) means “an uncovering,” “an unveiling,” or “a disclosure.” In the NT, this word describes the unveiling of spiritual truth...
by Bible Story Graphics | Jan 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Title Jude, which is rendered “Judah” in Hebrew and “Judas” in Greek, was named after its author (v. 1), one of the 4 half-brothers of Christ (Mt 13:55; Mk 6:3). As the fourth shortest NT book (Philemon, 2 John, and 3 John are shorter), Jude is the last of 8 general...
by Bible Story Graphics | Jan 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Title The epistle’s title is “3 John.” It is the third in a series of 3 epistles that bear the Apostle John’s name. Third John and Second John present the closest approximation in the New Testament to the conventional letter form of the contemporary Greco-Roman world,...
by Bible Story Graphics | Jan 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Title The epistle’s title is “2 John.” It is the second in a series of 3 epistles that bear the Apostle John’s name. Second and Third John present the closest approximation in the NT to the conventional letter form of the contemporary Greco-Roman world, since they...
by Bible Story Graphics | Jan 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Title The epistle’s title has always been “1 John.” It is the first and largest in a series of 3 epistles that bear the Apostle John’s name. Since the letter identifies no specific church, location, or individual to whom it was sent, its classification is as a...
by Bible Story Graphics | Jan 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Title The clear claim to authorship in 1:1 by the Apostle Peter gives the epistle its title. To distinguish it from Peter’s first epistle, it was given the Greek title “Petrou B,” or 2 Peter. Author and Date The author of 2 Peter is the Apostle Peter (see Introduction...
