RELIGST 2HH3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Epistle To The Philippians

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2HH3
• Professor: Stephen Westerholm

Document Summary

Mark anthony and julius caesar"s nephew, augusts, battle in philippi: they defeated the assassins of julius ceasar in philippi (42 bce, results: philippi become a roman colony because of this. Paul has a vision to go to macedonia to help them: went to philippi with silas & timothy; saw a few jewish women by the well and converted them. Why is paul writing to the philippians: to thank them for their gifts. Refers to how they supported him during his mission from the very beginning: they sent him 2 gifts when he was in thessalonica. Church in macedonia (included philippi) also greatly supported collection for. Thursday, october 27, 2016: sending back epaphroditus to them. The philippians sent epaphroditus to paul to help out in any way that he could. Ephaphroditus was an apostle and a representative of the philippian church.