Excerpt from Minor Characters of the New TestamentAn ordinary reader, With little help be yond that of his Concordance, may readily construct out of scattered allusions in the Gospels or the Epistles, the outline of biographies, full of an intrinsic interest, and fruitful in suggestions for modern thought and life. The present volume offers only a very limited selection from the materials at the disposal of the in quirer; and, in order to give some coher ence to its pages, the characters presented are drawn entirely from among the friends and comrades Of the Apostle Paul.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition.

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