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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Onesimus (Man living at the time of the New Testament)
A runaway slave who ended up with Paul in prison and became a Christian there. Paul sent him back to his owner. The letter to Philemon is Paul's request that Philemon take him in as a brother.
A runaway slave who ended up with Paul in prison and became a Christian there. Paul sent him back to his owner. The letter to Philemon is Paul's request that Philemon take him in as a brother.
Onesimus was a runaway slave who ended up with Paul during one of Paul's imprisonments and became a Christian there, and Paul sent him back to his owner Philemon along with a personal letter, tactfully asking Philemon to receive Onesimus back not as a slave but as a beloved brother.
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- Colossians 4:9
- Philemon 1:10
