Onesimus

In the New Testament, Onesimus (d. 68_AD) Onesimus was a slave who, after robbing his master Philemon at Colosse, fled to Rome, where he was converted to following Christ through the witness of the apostle Paul, who sent him back to his master with the epistle which bears his name. In it Paul asks Philemon to receive his slave as a "faithful and beloved brother." Paul offers to pay to Philemon anything his slave had taken, and to bear the wrong he had done him. He was accompanied on his return by Tychicus, the bearer of the Epistle to the Colossians (Philemon 1:16, 18). The name Onesimus means "useful". // What is the New Testament? The New Testament, sometimes called the Greek Testament or Greek Scriptures, is the name given to the part of the Christian Bible that was written after the birth of Jesus. ... For other uses, see number 68. ... The Buxton Memorial Fountain, celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, London. ... Philemon is the recipient of the Epistle to Philemon, which is a book of the Bible from the New Testament. ... Colossae or Colosse, a city of Phrygia, on the Lycus, which is a tributary of the Maeander. ... An early portrait of the Apostle Paul. ... The Epistle to the Colossians is a book of the Bible New Testament. ... The Epistle to Philemon is a book of the Bible in the New Testament. ...

According to Easton's Bible Dictionary, "The story of this fugitive Colossian slave is a remarkable evidence of the freedom of access to the prisoner which was granted to all, and 'a beautiful illustration both of the character of St. Paul and the transfiguring power and righteous principles of the gospel.'" Eastons Bible Dictionary generally refers to the Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, by Matthew George Easton M.A., D.D. (1823-1894), published three years after Eastons death in 1897 by Thomas Nelson. ...

Onesimus is also a slang term originating in California used to refer to someone who has done something right. The opposite, Unonesimus, is slang for a foolish or incompetent person.

This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897. Eastons Bible Dictionary generally refers to the Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, by Matthew George Easton M.A., D.D. ( 1823- 1894), published three years after Eastons death in 1897 by Thomas Nelson. ...

Onesimus was the Sudanese slave of Boston Puritan Cotton Mather, who during the smallpox epidemic of 1721, introduced Mather to the African practice of inoculation. After much controversy over this medical breakthrough, Mather finally convinced others to be inoculated and saved Boston from depletion with the first inoculations in the New World. The Puritans were members of a group of English Protestants seeking further reforms or even separation from the established church during the Reformation. ... Cotton Mather (February 12, 1663 – February 13, 1728). ... Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) is a highly contagious disease unique to humans. ... // Events Pope Innocent XIII becomes pope Johann Sebastian Bach composes the Brandenburg Concertos April 4 - Robert Walpole becomes the first prime minister of Britain September 10 - Treaty of Nystad is signed, bringing an end to the Great Northern War November 2 - Peter I is proclaimed Emperor of All the Russias... Inoculation was a method of minimising the harm done by infection with smallpox. ...