A Study of Acts Chapter 1 *Part III*

The men I talked about previously were not the only witnesses to the world, there were more....

• Nicodemus, a benevolent Christian of some distinction, suffered at Rome during the rage of Domitian's persecution.

• Timothy was the celebrated disciple of St. Paul, and bishop of Ephesus, where he zealously governed the Church until A.D. 97. At this period, as the pagans were about to celebrate a feast called Catagogion, Timothy, meeting the procession, severely reproved them for their ridiculous idolatry, which so exasperated the people that they fell upon him with their clubs, and beat him in so dreadful a manner that he expired of the bruises two days later.

• Luke the evangelist, was the author of the Gospel which goes under his name. He travelled with Paul through various countries, and is supposed to have been hanged on an olive tree, by the idolatrous priests of Greece.

• Barnabas was of Cyprus, but of Jewish descent, his death is supposed to have taken place about A.D. 73

The names of Jesus' apostles have become the most common names for males in the Western world. How many do you know named John, Pete, Tom, Andy, Jim, Bart, or Phil? The names of middle eastern ministers, missionaries and traveling evangelists found in far away countries.

These ''Witnesses'' made a change in their world, what type of changes would we have if our churches became such ''witnesses?''