Category:Circumcision of Timothy (event)

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The Circumcision of Timothy refers to an episode in the lives of Paul of Tarsus and Timothy during Paul's Second Missionary Journey, as narrated in the Acts of Apostles (16:1-5).

• People: Paul of Tarsus -- Timothy

• Places: Derbe -- Lystra -- Iconium

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Overview

According to Acts of Apostles, while visiting Lystra in his Second Missionary Journey, Paul met Timothy, who was "the son of a Jewish woman... but his father was a Greek... Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him" in his journey to Greece and "had him circumcised because of the Jews who were in those places."

Circumcision of Timothy in ancient sources

Acts of Apostles

Acts 16:1-5 (NRSV); see Paul's Second Missionary Journey -- (Acts 16) Paul went on also to Derbe and to Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer; but his father was a Greek. 2 He was well spoken of by the believers in Lystra and Iconium. 3 Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him; and he took him and had him circumcised because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. 4 As they went from town to town, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. 5 So the churches were strengthened in the faith and increased in numbers daily.

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