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APOSTLE PAUL: THE ARCHITECT AND BUILDER OF THE CHURCH<br />

M. M. NINAN<br />

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1) Who had faced the mob in Ephesus – Ac 19:29<br />

2) Who had returned with <strong>Paul</strong> to Asia - Ac 20:4<br />

3) Later described as <strong>Paul</strong>'s "fellow prisoner" and "fellow laborer" - Co 4:10; Phe 24<br />

He was a native of Thessalonika in Macedonia.<br />

After becoming a disciple of St. <strong>Paul</strong>, Aristarchus traveled with him and was imprisoned with<br />

him at Ephesus.<br />

He became the first bishop of Thessalonika<br />

and was beheaded with St. <strong>Paul</strong> in Rome.<br />

Luke<br />

the writer of the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles,<br />

"Luke, the beloved physician" (Col 4:14). Eusebius, Jerome, Irenaeus and Caius, all refer to<br />

Luke as a physician.<br />

It is believed that Luke was born a Greek and a Gentile. Colossians 10-14<br />

Luke was born at Antioch in Syria (Eusebius) as a slave.<br />

Act 16:10 on "they" becomes "we": "

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