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reports a story he attributed to Papias from very early in the second century, which he had, in turn, learned in
Hierapolis from the daughters of Philip the Evangelist. It was said "he drank poison but by the Lord's grace suffered no harm." Whether this story might have inspired one feature in the
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secondary longer ending of Mark's Gospel - "These signs will accompany those who believe:...they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all" - is possible but unproved.
187:, although the biblical text mentions no names. "After these things, the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come." (10:1)
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says that he was “surnamed Justus” or who “was called Justus”: “This is a Latin name, meaning just, and was probably given him on account of his distinguished integrity.” The
Anglican Bible scholar
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commemorates Joseph called
Barsabbas and also Justus under the date of 20 July, but limits its comments to the facts set out in the Acts of the Apostles. The
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Beginning from the baptism of John, until the day wherein he was taken up from us, one of these must be made a witness with us of his resurrection.
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To take the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas hath by transgression fallen, that he might go to his own place.
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Wherefore of these men who have companied with us, all the time that the Lord Jesus came in and went out among us,
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And praying, they said: Thou, Lord, who knowest the heart of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
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venerates him on 30 October with the name of Justus as well as on 4 January with the other disciples.
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And they gave them lot, and the lot fell upon
Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
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Further identification of Joseph is uncertain. In
Christian tradition, he is numbered among the
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And they appointed two, Joseph, called
Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
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has read the shadowy figure of "Joseph Justus" as either a not-so-subtle cover for
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335:"Robert Eisenman's "James the Brother of Jesus": A Higher-Critical Review"
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A Cloud of
Witnesses: Saints and Martyrs from the Holy Land
261:). The site was refounded, as Eleutheropolis, in AD 200 by
317:"Occurrences of the Greek word "dikaios" in the Bible"
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Christian tradition, this Justus went on to become
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100:he was not chosen, the lot instead favoring
299:"Ioustos: Matthew 1:19 and Colossians 4:11"
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64:30 October (Eastern Orthodox Church)
272:The latest official edition of the
528:Life of Jesus in the New Testament
218:“supposes that he was the son of
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449:"Synaxis of the Seventy Apostles"
140:shares the same origin than from
96:and committed suicide. After the
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265:. The first historical bishop,
66:20 July (Roman Catholic Church)
1848:People in Acts of the Apostles
251:Saint Justus of Eleutheropolis
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200:Desposyni (Brothers of Jesus)
853:People named Simon or Simeon
375:Book 4, chapter 8, section 1
1270:Mary, mother of (John) Mark
147:(with the capital letter);
16:1st-century Biblical figure
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1843:1st-century Syrian bishops
843:People named Judas or Jude
212:Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
1853:Saints from the Holy Land
1594:Alexander the Coppersmith
1046:Disciple whom Jesus loved
894:Female disciples of Jesus
969:Women at the crucifixion
82:Justus of Eleutheropolis
31:Justus of Eleutheropolis
1863:James, brother of Jesus
1208:James, brother of Jesus
1128:Ananias son of Nedebeus
762:Simon, brother of Jesus
385:Bishop Demetri Khoury,
280:Eastern Orthodox Church
49:Eastern Orthodox Church
1013:James, son of Alphaeus
712:Mary, sister of Martha
166:Jesus' public ministry
38:Apostle of the Seventy
1764:Tryphena and Tryphosa
1025:James, son of Zebedee
707:Mary, mother of James
697:Mary, mother of Jesus
403:Martyrologium Romanum
53:Roman Catholic Church
1589:Alexander of Ephesus
787:Syrophoenician woman
736:Nicodemus ben Gurion
499:New Testament people
249:and is venerated as
126:—Acts 1:21–26
74:Acts of the Apostles
1664:Euodia and Syntyche
833:People named Joseph
727:Son of Nain's widow
657:Joseph of Arimathea
558:Anna the Prophetess
1263:cousin of Barnabas
823:People named James
777:Simon the Pharisee
339:www.depts.drew.edu
245:, where he died a
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263:Septimius Severus
190:Biblical scholar
181:Seventy disciples
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