{"query": "Easton: Epistles", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_9c0a44a13695", "title": "Easton: Epistles", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The apostolic letters. The New Testament contains twenty-one in all. They are divided into two classes. (1.) Paul’s Epistles, fourteen in number, including Hebrews. These are not arranged in the New T"}, {"id": "card_c_m_cce90727b35c", "title": "Easton: Thessalonians, Epistles to the shares a section with Easton: Thieves, The two", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Thessalonians, Epistles to the shares a section with Easton: Thieves, The two."}, {"id": "card_c_m_8c051b6442f8", "title": "Easton: Thessalonians, Epistles to the shares a section with Easton: Tree of life", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Thessalonians, Epistles to the shares a section with Easton: Tree of life."}, {"id": "card_c_m_e5fd46610c07", "title": "Titus cites Easton: Epistles", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Titus cites Easton: Epistles."}, {"id": "card_c_m_9efff3a75ebe", "title": "Hebrews cites Easton: Epistles", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Hebrews cites Easton: Epistles."}, {"id": "card_c_m_8267d3da622b", "title": "James cites Easton: Epistles", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "James cites Easton: Epistles."}, {"id": "card_n_7672e1661e23", "title": "Easton: Thessalonians, Epistles to the", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The first epistle to the Thessalonians was the first of all Paul’s epistles. It was in all probability written from Corinth, where he abode a “long time” (Acts 18:11, 18), early in the period of his r"}, {"id": "card_n_5daed6c3700e", "title": "Easton: Philemon, Epistle to", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Was written from Rome at the same time as the epistles to the Colossians and Ephesians, and was sent also by Onesimus. It was addressed to Philemon and the members of his family. It was written for th"}, {"id": "card_n_1bffd00e7703", "title": "Easton: John, Third Epistle of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Is addressed to Caius, or Gaius, but whether to the Christian of that name in Macedonia (Acts 19: 29) or in Corinth (Rom. 16:23) or in Derbe (Acts 20:4) is uncertain. It was written for the purpose of"}, {"id": "card_n_8be3e722233b", "title": "Easton: Silas", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Wood, a prominent member of the church at Jerusalem; also called Silvanus. He and Judas, surnamed Barsabas, were chosen by the church there to accompany Paul and Barnabas on their return to Antioch fr"}, {"id": "card_n_cb7a50f82cc0", "title": "Easton: John, First Epistle of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The fourth of the catholic or “general” epistles. It was evidently written by John the evangelist, and probably also at Ephesus, and when the writer was in advanced age. The purpose of the apostle (1:"}, {"id": "card_n_6bd81caffadd", "title": "Easton: Syriac", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(2 Kings 18:26; Ezra 4:7; Dan. 2:4), more correctly rendered “Aramaic,” including both the Syriac and the Chaldee languages. In the New Testament there are several Syriac words, such as “Eloi, Eloi, l"}, {"id": "card_n_d71a58fce1e5", "title": "Easton: Peter, Second Epistle of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The question of the authenticity of this epistle has been much discussed, but the weight of evidence is wholly in favour of its claim to be the production of the apostle whose name it bears. It appear"}, {"id": "card_n_b2f6fee38af3", "title": "Easton: Colossians, Epistle to the", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Was written by Paul at Rome during his first imprisonment there (Acts 28:16, 30), probably in the spring of A.D. 57, or, as some think, 62, and soon after he had written his Epistle to the Ephesians. "}, {"id": "card_n_cda1b9e0706f", "title": "Easton: Rome", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The most celebrated city in the world at the time of Christ. It is said to have been founded B.C. 753. When the New Testament was written, Rome was enriched and adorned with the spoils of the world, a"}, {"id": "card_n_35cbbc002896", "title": "Easton: Hebrews, Epistle to", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Its canonicity. All the results of critical and historical research to which this epistle has been specially subjected abundantly vindicate its right to a place in the New Testament canon among t"}, {"id": "card_c_44632520ae24", "title": "Easton: Epistles references Titus", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Titus. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_4aaf19ad372f", "title": "Easton: Epistles references Hebrews", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Hebrews. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_b2d2f5988ab0", "title": "Easton: Epistles references James", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references James. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_31ea00677090", "title": "Easton: Thessalonians, Epistles to the cites Acts", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Acts 18:11; Acts 18:1 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}]}