# Onesimus, A Friend Of The Apostle Paul, Brought From Rome To Ephesus, And There Stoned To Death, A. D. 111.

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Onesimus, a servant of Philemon, by descent a
Colossian, had run away from his master, and had
come to Rome, where he was recognized by the
Apostle Paul—who was imprisoned there—and sent
back to his master, with recommendatory letters
tending to reconciliation, as may be seen in the
epistle of Paul to Philemon, in which Paul calls him
his son, whom he had begotten in his bonds. Philemon
10.

He also carried a certain letter of Paul from the
prison at Rome to the church at Colosse; for in the
conclusion of the epistle to the Colossians we read:
“Sent from Rome through Tychicus and Onesimus.”
Col. 4 after verse 18.

It appears therefore, that he was a beloved friend
and faithful servant of the apostle Paul, notwithstanding
he had left his external service in the house
of Philemon. He also, after he was sincerely converted,
was not permitted to finish his course without
persecution, sufferings, and a violent death; but
had to tread after the example of his Savior, the
wine press of suffering. According to the testimony
of ancient historians, he was carried away bound
from Ephesus to Rome, and there stoned to death,
under Trajan, and the judge Tertullus, shortly after
the death of Ignatius, A. D. 111. See above, Idem.
Ibidem. ex Act. Metaph. Mart., Rom., 16 Febr.
Also, Ado.



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