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Aleksander : the son of Simon the Cyrenian who was compelled to carry the cross of Jesus,a leading man of Jerusalem when Peter and John were tried there,a man who was converted but who afterwards apostatised

Efesus : a town in western Asia Minor at the mouth of the Cayster River

Himeneus : a man who, along with Philetus, had fallen into errors/heresies and was excommunicated by Paul

Iblis : a person, male (evil angelic),an angel that has rebelled against God

Makedonia : a Roman province north of Greece which included 10 Roman colonies (IBD),citizens of the province of Macedonia
(40° 37´, 22° 55´)

Timotius : a young man of Lystra who travelled with Paul and to whom two epistles were addressed