Romans 16:1-27

1.    Tell what you know about the persons and places listed by name in this chapter.
•    Phoebe
•    Cenchrea, Acts 18:18
•    Priscilla and Aquila, Acts 18:2, 18, 26
•    Epaenetus
•    Achaia, Acts 18:12, 27
•    Mary, Andronicus, Junia, Amplias, Urbane, Stachys, Apelles, Aristobulus, Herodion, Narcissus, Tryphaena, Tryphosa, Persis
•    Rufus, Mark 15:21
•    Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, Philologus, Julia, Nereus, Olympas
•    Timothy, Acts 16:1-3
•    Lucius, Acts 13:1
•    Jason, Acts 17:5
•    Sosipater, Acts 20:4
•    Tertius
•    Gaius, 1 Corinthians 1:14; 3 John 1:1-6
•    Erastus, Acts 19:22
•    Quartus

2.    Compare the two closings of this chapter, verses 17-20 with verses 26-27. What are the circumstances and actual stenographer of each?

3.    What joy or excitement comes to you from this text? What questions arise for you out of the reading of this text? What did you learn that was new to you, or a new way of looking at something? What does this text tell you about God and about yourself? About humans in general?

Old Testament References:
16:20    Genesis 3:15