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Titus

b. c. 15 CE · Jerusalem

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Titus was a Gentile co-worker of Paul. Acts never names him, so what we know comes from Paul's letters. Paul writes that he took Titus, 'being a Greek', to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and that Titus was not compelled to be circumcised (Galatians 2:1-3). That visit is usually dated c. 48-49. Titus later served as Paul's trusted envoy to the church at Corinth during a time of strained relations. He brought Paul encouraging news from Corinth while Paul was in Macedonia, and he helped organise Paul's collection for the poor in Jerusalem (2 Corinthians 7:5-15; 8:6, 16-23). Paul calls him 'my partner and fellow worker' (2 Corinthians 8:23). The Letter to Titus, whose authorship many scholars dispute, says Paul left him on Crete to appoint elders (Titus 1:5). 2 Timothy 4:10, also disputed, says he went to Dalmatia. Church tradition, reported by Eusebius, made him the first leader of the churches of Crete.

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Stop 1 of 348–49With Paul at the Jerusalem meeting

JerusalemירושליםJudea

What they did here

Paul writes that he went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, 'taking Titus also'. As a Greek, Titus was not compelled to be circumcised (Galatians 2:1-3).

Jerusalem in this era

Under Roman rule Jerusalem was, according to the Gospels, where Jesus was crucified and, in Christian belief, rose from the dead; Acts places Pentecost and the first Christian community, led by the apostles and later by James, there. The Romans destroyed the city in 70 CE.

About Jerusalem

Jerusalem, in the Judean hills, is a sacred city for Jews, Christians and Muslims. In the Hebrew Bible it is King David's capital and the site of Solomon's Temple; the First Temple was destroyed by Babylon in 586 BCE and the Second Temple, rebuilt from about 516 BCE, by Rome in 70 CE. Christians revere it as the place of Jesus's crucifixion and, in their faith, his resurrection; in Islamic tradition it is the destination of the Prophet Muhammad's Night Journey and the first direction of prayer, marked by the Dome of the Rock (691-92) and al-Aqsa Mosque. It was ruled in turn by Rome and Byzantium, by Muslim dynasties from 638, by Crusaders (1099-1187), Ayyubids, Mamluks and Ottomans (1517-1917), and by Britain. Divided between Israel and Jordan from 1948 to 1967, it has since been under Israeli control. Israel regards the city as its capital; Palestinians claim East Jerusalem as the capital of a future state; most countries do not recognize sovereignty over the whole city.

In Jerusalem at the same time

Philip the Apostle, Matthias the Apostle, Bartholomew the Apostle, Barnabas, Andrew the Apostle, Paul the Apostle

Across the traditions, in Jerusalem at the same time

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In the same place & time

Sages whose lives overlapped with Titus’s in the same cities, drawn from their recorded journeys.

Across the traditions

The world in their lifetime

Thinkers, teachers, and rulers whose lives overlapped with Titus’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn from recorded birth and death years (reign years for rulers whose lives are undated); where only one end of a life is known, a span of about 70 years is assumed.

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