Colossae

• “We may account for the presence of Jews at Colossae which is suggested in the Epistle, by remembering its convenient position and its trade speciality.”

  The Books of the New Testament

• “In an interesting contrast, what Paul told the church in Ephesus was the exact opposite of what he said to believers in Colossae.”

  Simon & Schuster: Surviving in an Angry World

• “To the church in Colossae, he exhorted: “Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving” Colossians 4:2.”

  Simon & Schuster: HOW EVIL WORKS

• “Paul used this image so the people of Colossae would understand the importance of being closely guarded against false teachers.”

  Simon & Schuster: Babes with a Beatitude

• “An interesting passage in the letter to the church at Colossae indicates that the cross of Christ laid bare the powers that opposed him.”

  Chuck Gutenson: What Would It Take?

• “In this letter Paul tells the people of Colossae to make Christ the center of their faith and to put aside their superstitions.”

  Colossians.

• “(SB) [184] The ` road from Jerusalem ', one would suppose, would be the main road eastwards through Colossae, etc., but the suggestion that Mary's house was ` nearer the sea' than Ephesus (p. 160) indicates a road southward along the coast.”

  The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary

• “Others, too, were with him, but none perhaps was dearer to S. Paul than a certain slave, Onesimus, who had fled from his master, Philemon, in Colossae.”

  The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles

• “Cor.ix. 6 that he adhered to Paul's principle of self-support in his mission work, and from Col.iv. 10 that his name was well known and respected at Colossae about A.D.”

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"

• “Michael (d. 1215) and Nicetas (d. 1206); also known as Choniates, from their native city, Chonia (the Colossae of St. Paul).”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize

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