Characters & Episodes in Colossians
Swipe chapter-by-chapter across Colossians (4 chapters total).
Colossians 2
Jesus Christ
The eternal Son of God and promised Messiah — who calmed the Galilean storm, washed His disciples' feet, bore our judgment on the cross, rose as Firstfruits, and returns on a white horse as King of Kings.
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The relentless lender in 2 Kings 4:1 who came to seize the widow's two sons as slaves for an unpaid debt — silenced when the miraculous oil paid his claim in full.
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Barnabas
The generous Levite from Cyprus nicknamed 'Son of Encouragement' by the apostles — who vouched for newly converted Saul in Jerusalem and later risked his partnership with Paul to mentor and restore his panicked young cousin John Mark.
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John Mark
The young Jerusalem assistant who panicked at Pamphylia and abandoned the first missionary journey — yet through Barnabas's patient restoration overcame shame to write the Gospel of Mark and hear aged Paul call him 'very useful to me for ministry.'
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The 'beloved physician' and historian of the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts — who remained alone by Paul's side in his final Roman dungeon and requested that Timothy bring the restored John Mark.
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