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    Timothy

    Τιμόθεος

    Timothy was a young disciple and co-worker of Paul, who accompanied him on his missionary journeys and later served as a pastor.

    verses
    28
    first named
    Acts 16:1
    last named
    Hebrews 13:23
    period
    the New Testament
    role
    Man

    Description

    Who was Timothy?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Timothy was a young disciple and close companion of the Apostle Paul. He is mentioned frequently in the New Testament, both in the book of Acts and in Paul's epistles. Timothy was from Lystra, the son of a Greek father and a Jewish mother named Eunice (Act.16.1). He was well-respected by the believers in his hometown and in Iconium (Act.16.2). Paul invited Timothy to join him on his missionary journeys, and he became a valuable assistant and co-worker (Act.16.3; 17.14-15; 18.5; 19.22; 20.4). Paul referred to Timothy as his "true son in the faith" (1Ti.1.2) and sent him on important missions to churches in Macedonia, Achaia, and Ephesus (Act.19.22; 1Co.4.17; 16.10; Php.2.19). Timothy was with Paul during his first Roman imprisonment and is named as a co-sender of several of Paul's letters (Php.1.1; Col.1.1; Phm.1.1). Paul also wrote two personal letters to Timothy, providing guidance and encouragement for his pastoral ministry (1Ti.1.2; 2Ti.1.2). These letters, along with the letter to Titus, are known as the Pastoral Epistles. According to Heb.13.23, Timothy was imprisoned at some point but later released. Tradition holds that Timothy served as the bishop of Ephesus in his later years. Timothy's life and ministry exemplify the importance of mentoring, discipleship, and faithful service in the early church.

    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 Timothy10 of 20 entities the graph connects to Timothy, in 2 groups: company 1, events 9. 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.Paul, Timothy, Us, and Paul And Silas’ journey of BrothersTook part in · 12 versesCompanyJesus2 events · 1,160 versesJudah1 event · 1,023 versesPaul22 events · 182 versesFaith5 events · 146 versesPrayer2 events · 144 versesLove2 events · 108 versesMacedonia3 events · 27 versesEphesus2 events · 22 versesSilas8 events · 17 versesEventsTimothy

    The 10 best-attested of 20 are drawn. All 20 are listed below.

    Child of

    Descendant of

    Took part in

    Stands in the same events as

    and 35 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    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 Timothy happensAll 11 places the claims about Timothy reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Troas, Lystra, Galatia, Mysia, Neapolis, Philippi, Phrygia, Samothrace, Berea, Ephesus, Macedonia. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Timothy 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.TroasLystraGalatiaMysiaNeapolisPhilippiPhrygiaSamothraceBereaEphesus
    the New TestamentAll 11 places the claims about Timothy reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 28, across 12 books.

    1. Acts6 verses

      16:117:1417:1518:519:2220:4

    2. Romans1 verse

      16:21

    3. 1 Corinthians3 verses

      4:1716:1016:24

    4. 2 Corinthians2 verses

      1:11:19

    5. Philippians2 verses

      1:12:19

    6. Colossians1 verse

      1:1

    7. 1 Thessalonians3 verses

      1:13:23:6

    8. 2 Thessalonians1 verse

      1:1

    9. 1 Timothy4 verses

      1:21:186:206:21

    10. 2 Timothy2 verses

      1:24:22

    11. Philemon1 verse

      1:1

    12. Hebrews2 verses

      13:2313:25

    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, Timothy, Us, and Paul And Silas’ journey of Brothers and Paul’s remembrance, and 2 morePaulApostle to the Gentiles, author of many NT epistlesvia Eunice and Loisfather of EuniceFather of Eunice - Grandfather of Timothyvia Paul’s remembrance and Paul, Silas, and Timothy’s recallingPrayerPrayer is a concept gathering 98 labelled instances in the text.via Paul’s remembrance and Paul, Silas, and Timothy’s recallingRemembranceRemembrance is a concept gathering 19 labelled instances in the text.via Timothy, Certain Men, and Paul’s command of Ephesus and False DoctrineCommandCommand is a concept gathering 130 labelled instances in the text.via Timothy, Certain Men, and Paul’s command of Ephesus and False DoctrineEphesusMajor city in Asia Minor; important center for early Christianityvia Timothy, Certain Men, and Paul’s command of Ephesus and False DoctrineInstructionInstruction is a concept gathering 46 labelled instances in the text.via Tertius’ greeting of AddresseeGreetingGreeting is a concept gathering 31 labelled instances in the text.via Tertius’ greeting of AddresseeJasonPaul's host in Thessalonica; relative of Paul

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    11 more chapters, from Philippians 1 to Hebrews 13

    Sources

    What this rests on