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    Priscilla

    Πρίσκιλλα

    Priscilla, also known as Prisca, was a Jewish Christian and the wife of Aquila, who worked with Paul in his ministry and hosted a church in their home.

    verses
    6
    first named
    Acts 18:2
    last named
    2 Timothy 4:19
    period
    the New Testament
    role
    Woman

    Description

    Who was Priscilla?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Priscilla, also referred to as Prisca, was a prominent Jewish Christian woman in the early church. She is consistently mentioned alongside her husband, Aquila, suggesting that they worked together as a team in ministry. Priscilla and Aquila were originally from Rome but had been forced to leave due to the emperor Claudius' edict expelling the Jews (Act.18.2). They settled in Corinth, where they met the apostle Paul and worked with him as tentmakers (Act.18.3). When Paul left Corinth, Priscilla and Aquila accompanied him to Ephesus (Act.18.18). In Ephesus, they encountered Apollos, a learned Jewish Christian, and instructed him more accurately in the way of God (Act.18.26). This event highlights Priscilla's knowledge of the Scriptures and her active role in teaching and discipleship. Priscilla and Aquila also hosted a church in their home, both in Ephesus (1Co.16.19) and later in Rome (Rom.16.3-5). Paul's warm greetings to the couple in his letters testify to their close friendship and partnership in the gospel ministry (Rom.16.3-4; 2Ti.4.19). Priscilla's example demonstrates the significant contributions of women in the early spread of Christianity and their active roles in the life of the church.

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    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 Priscilla9 of 9 entities the graph connects to Priscilla, in 3 groups: kinship 1, company 2, events 6. 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.AquilaSpouse of · 11 events · 6 versesKinshipPaul’s stayTook part in · 3 versesPaul’s sailingTook part in · 2 versesCompanyPaul4 events · 182 versesSyria1 event · 116 versesEphesus1 event · 22 versesCorinth1 event · 11 versesApollos2 events · 10 versesItaly1 event · 6 versesEventsPriscilla

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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 Priscilla happensAll 2 places the claims about Priscilla reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Corinth, Italy. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Priscilla 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.CorinthItaly
    the New TestamentAll 2 places the claims about Priscilla reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 6, across 4 books. The name is written 9 times in them.

    1. Acts3 verses

      18:218:1818:26

    2. Romans1 verse

      16:3

    3. 1 Corinthians1 verse

      16:19

    4. 2 Timothy1 verse

      4:19

    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 Paul’s sailing and Paul’s stayPaulApostle to the Gentiles, author of many NT epistlesvia Paul’s stayCorinthAncient Greek city; recipient of Paul's epistlesvia Paul’s stayStayStay is a concept gathering 46 labelled instances in the text.via Paul’s sailingEphesusMajor city in Asia Minor; important center for early Christianityvia Paul’s sailingSailingSailing is a concept gathering 15 labelled instances in the text.via Paul’s sailingSyriaAncient region north of Israel, often in conflict

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