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1 | What did Onesimus do? | Philemon | Makarios | 8548 | ||
What was the crime that Onesimus did against Philemon? | ||||||
2 | What did Onesimus do? | Philemon | prayon | 8562 | ||
Onesimus was Philemin's slave. Onesimus ran away from his master. He meet Paul probably in Ephesus and was converted to Chrisianity. Onesimus had been useless (Philemon 11) but now he would live up to his name which means useful or profitable. Paul appealed to Philemon out of love to not kill Onesimus as was allowed when dealing with run away slaves, but to instead return him to Paul to serve Paul while imprisoned. Prayon | ||||||
3 | What did Onesimus do? | Philemon | Makarios | 8584 | ||
Greetings prayon! Thank you for your response! However, I am still curious. Did Onesimus just run away, or did he commit an offense against Philemon that caused him to run away? Blessings, Nolan |
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4 | What did Onesimus do? | Philemon | prayon | 8612 | ||
According to the Erdman's Bible Dictionary he stole from his master. In the letter Paul offers to pay Philemon back himself for any wrong. However in Vincent's word studies it just states that Onesimus had wronged his master and fled from him. | ||||||
5 | What did Onesimus do? | Philemon | Makarios | 8628 | ||
Thank you again, prayon! I had always wondered exactly why Onesimus fleed from Philemon.. Was Philemon, being a convert to Christianity through Paul (v.19), simply a hard master? Or was it something else? You have answered this question of mine: he wronged his master by stealing something.. And his visit to Paul proved beneficial to everyone involved, since Onesimus would now be a fellow brother in Christ to Philemon, instead of just being his runaway slave! And in many ways, Onesimus' conversion saved his own life as well, since the penalty for a fleeing slave was death. In this short little book, we have a beautiful picture of forgiveness! Paul here is perfectly 'mirroring' what Christ has done for us with God the Father, he says, "if you regard me as a partner, accept him as you would me.. but if he has wronged you in any way, then charge that to my account... since you owe to me even your own self" (since Christ is God's own Son!) Blessings, prayon! |
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