05 Works, Today, January 24nd, Saint Timothy’s Day, With Footnotes – 24

Saint Timothy, (died AD 97, Ephesus, now in Turkey); disciple of St. Paul the Apostle, whom he accompanied on his missions; traditional martyr and first bishop of Ephesus.

On his second visit to Lystra in 50, Paul discovered Timothy, taking him as a colleague but first circumcising him out of respect for his Jewish mother and grandmother, Lois and Eunice, the custom of the Jews in whose communities they were to do mission work…

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