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Junias is an alternative spelling to Junia, a female apostle found in Romans 16:7. ("Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews, who were in prison with me. They are highly respected among the apostles and became followers of Christ before I did.") Translators commonly changed it to a male name when they were translating the Bible, though today it is generally agreed that Junia, a common name in ancient Rome, was a female.
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How many women were apostles in the Bible?
AnswerRomans 16:7"Greet Andronicus and Junias (Junia) my relatives who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was." NIV (The NAS and NASU both use "outstanding", the KJV uses "of note" meaning notable.)Junias was a woman.
Which saints are commemorated on May 17?
This is the entire list of saints memorialized on May 17: Adrio of Alexandria Andronicus Antonia Messina Aquilinus of Nyon Basilla of Alexandria Bruno of Würzburg Cathan of Bute Giulia Salzano Heradius of Nyon Ivan Ziatyk Junias Madron of Cornwall Maildulf of Malmesbury Maw Pascal Baylon Paul of Nyon Peter Lieou Rasso of Grafrath Restituta of Carthage Silaus of Lucca Solochon and Companions Thethmar of Neumuenster Victor of Alexandria William Panhausen
What year did the last disciple die?
End of the Apostolic Period. Though the Bible does not relate the death of the 12 apostles, aside from that of James, the evidence available indicates that they maintained their faithfulness until death and therefore needed no replacement. Concerning history in the following centuries, the observation is made that "whenever it [the term "apostle"] is applied to individuals in later Christian literature, the use of the term is metaphorical. The church has never had apostles in the N[ew] T[estament] sense since the first century."-The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, edited by G. A. Buttrick, 1962, Vol. 1, p. 172. During their lifetime the apostles' presence served as a restraint upon the influences of apostasy, holding back the forces of false worship within the Christian congregation. It is evidently to this "restraint" that the apostle Paul referred at 2 Thessalonians 2:7: "True, the mystery of this lawlessness is already at work; but only till he who is right now acting as a restraint gets to be out of the way." (Compare Mt 13:24, 25; Ac 20:29, 30.) This apostolic influence, including the authority and powers unique with them, continued until the death of John about 100 C.E. (1Jo 2:26; 3Jo 9, 10) The rapid influx of apostasy and false doctrine and practices after the death of the apostles shows that any pretended apostolic successors had none of the restraining influence of the apostles. The reference to Andronicus and Junias at Romans 16:7 as "men of note among the apostles" indicates, not that they were apostles, but, rather, that they were held in high repute by the apostles. That some made false pretenses of being "apostles of Christ" is shown at 2 Corinthians 11:5, 13; 12:11, 12; Revelation 2:2.
