“Onesiphorus: courage in a time of persecution”[1], part 1

Onesiphorus is represented on the far right of this collage of the Pauline circle

The historical context of 2 Timothy

2 Timothy, as Gordon Fee states, is “a kind of last will and testament, a passing on of the mantle” from Paul to Timothy.[1] Paul has been arrested, probably in Asia Minor. Timothy is still in Asia Minor, in the city of Ephesus.[2] Certain…