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    person

    Phlegon

    Φλέγων

    Phlegon, a Christian in Rome to whom Paul sent greetings in his letter to the Romans.

    verses
    1
    first named
    Romans 16:14
    last named
    Romans 16:14
    period
    the New Testament
    role
    Man

    Description

    Who was Phlegon?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Phlegon is mentioned in Paul's letter to the Romans as one of the believers in Rome to whom Paul sends greetings (Rom.16.14). He is listed alongside Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and other unnamed brethren, suggesting that they were part of a house church or a close-knit group within the larger Christian community in Rome. The name Phlegon means "burning" or "zealous" in Greek, which may indicate his fervor for the faith. However, no further details about Phlegon's background, conversion, or role in the Roman church are provided in the Bible. Paul's greeting to Phlegon and the others demonstrates the unity and love that existed among the early Christians, even across geographical distances.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Phlegon9 of 9 entities the graph connects to Phlegon, in 2 groups: company 1, events 8. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.Addressee’s greetingTook part in · 2 versesCompanyAsyncritus1 event · 1 verseHermas1 event · 1 verseHermes1 event · 1 verseJulia1 event · 1 verseNereus1 event · 1 verseOlympas1 event · 1 versePatrobas1 event · 1 versePhilologus1 event · 1 verseEventsPhlegon

    Took part in

    Stands in the same events as

    Places

    Where this happens

    A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.

    No verse Atlas has read as a report puts this person anywhere.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — one, across 1 book.

    1. Romans1 verse

      16:14

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Addressee’s greetingAsyncritusBeliever in Rome greeted by Paulvia Addressee’s greetingGreetingGreeting is a concept gathering 31 labelled instances in the text.via Addressee’s greetingHermasA Christian in Rome greeted by Paul.via Addressee’s greetingHermesA Christian in Rome greeted by Paul.via Addressee’s greetingPatrobasBeliever in Rome greeted by Paul

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