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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Phebe
A servant of the church at Cenchreae, the eastern port of Corinth, whom Paul commends to the Romans and who probably carried the letter to them herself.
A servant of the church at Cenchreae, the eastern port of Corinth, whom Paul commends to the Romans and who probably carried the letter to them herself.
Phoebe was a deaconess, or servant, of the church at Cenchreae, the eastern port city of Corinth, whom Paul commended to the Roman church and who likely carried his letter to the Romans to its recipients (Romans 16:1-2). Paul describes her as a benefactor who had helped many believers, including himself, making her one of the earliest named women to hold a recognized role of service in a New Testament congregation.
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- Romans 16:1
