Atlas Biblica

    person

    Phygelus

    Φύγελλος

    Phygelus, along with Hermogenes, was mentioned by Paul as having deserted him during his ministry in Asia.

    verses
    1
    first named
    2 Timothy 1:15
    last named
    2 Timothy 1:15
    period
    the New Testament
    role
    Man

    Description

    Who was Phygelus?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Phygelus is mentioned only once in the Bible, in 2Ti.1.15, where Paul writes that all those in Asia had turned away from him, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. This suggests that Phygelus was a believer who had been part of Paul's ministry in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) but had deserted him at some point. Paul does not provide any further details about Phygelus' background, the specific reason for his desertion, or his subsequent actions. The mention of Phygelus serves as a reminder that even those who have been close companions in ministry can fall away from the faith or abandon their fellow believers in times of difficulty.

    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 Phygelus3 of 3 entities the graph connects to Phygelus, in one group: events 3. 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.Paul1 event · 182 versesAsia1 event · 20 versesHermogenes1 event · 1 versePhygelus

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    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Phygelus happensThe one place the claims about Phygelus reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Asia. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Phygelus there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Asia
    the New TestamentThe one place the claims about Phygelus reach

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    Where to read it

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    1. 2 Timothy1 verse

      1:15

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