by Bible Story Graphics | Dec 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Title The letter is named for the city of Corinth, where the church to whom it was written was located. With the exception of personal epistles addressed to Timothy, Titus, and Philemon, all Paul’s letters bear the name of the city where the church addressed existed....
by Bible Story Graphics | Dec 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Title This epistle’s name comes from its original recipients: the members of the church in Rome, the capital of the Roman Empire (1:7). Author and Date No one disputes that the apostle Paul wrote Romans. Like his namesake, Israel’s first king (Saul was Paul’s Hebrew...
by Bible Story Graphics | Dec 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
Title As the second book Luke addressed to Theophilus (see Lk 1:3), Acts may originally have had no title. The Greek manuscripts title it “Acts,” and many add “of the Apostles.” The Greek word translated “Acts” (praxeis) was often used to describe the achievements of...
by Bible Story Graphics | Dec 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Gospel According to JOHN Title The title of the fourth gospel continues the pattern of the other gospels, being identified originally as “According to John.” Like the others, “The Gospel” was added later. Author and Date Although the author’s name does not appear...
by Bible Story Graphics | Dec 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Title As with the other 3 gospels, the title is derived from the author’s name. According to tradition, Luke was a Gentile. The Apostle Paul seems to confirm this, distinguishing Luke from those who were “from the circumcision” (Col 4:11, 14). That would make Luke the...
by Bible Story Graphics | Dec 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Gospel According to MARK Title Mark, for whom this gospel is named, was a close companion of the Apostle Peter and a recurring character in the book of Acts, where he is known as “John who was also called Mark” (Ac 12:12, 25; 15:37, 39). It was to John Mark’s...
by Bible Story Graphics | Dec 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Title Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord,” was the other name of Levi (9:9), the tax collector who left everything to follow Christ (Lk 5:27, 28). Matthew was one of the 12 apostles (10:3; Mk 3:18; Lk 6:15; Ac 1:13). In his own list of the 12, he explicitly calls...
by Bible Story Graphics | Dec 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
Title The title is derived from the prophecy’s author, Malachi. With this last work in the Minor Prophets, God closes the OT canon historically and prophetically. Author and Date Some have suggested that the book was written anonymously, noting that the name, meaning...
by Bible Story Graphics | Dec 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Title The universal tradition of both Jews and Christians endorses the prophet Zechariah as author. His name, common to more than 29 OT men, means “The Lord remembers.” This book is second only to Isaiah in the breadth of the prophets’ writings about Messiah. Author...
by Bible Story Graphics | Dec 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
Title The prophecy bears the name of its author. Because his name means “festal one,” it is suggested that Haggai was born on a feast day. Haggai is the second shortest book in the OT (Obadiah is shorter) and is quoted by the NT once (cf. Heb 12:26). Author and Date...
