PURGATORY: An Answer from Gerry Soliman's Blog

Paul and Onesiphorus

Here is a very short article in a Catholic website about Onesiphorus. He is a believer in Christ who help the apostle Paul in the ministry. His feast day is September 6 year 81. It's understood that he died in the year 81 AD (also stated in Wikipedia).[Soliman]

He give an unreliable reference just to justify his lies...but one of his lolos are admitting that Paul was alive when he greeted the household of Onesiphorus...

let us read what his lolo said:

J. N. D. Kelly (1909-1997) (Anglican):A Commentary on the Pastoral Epistles, London: A&C Black, 1963, p. 171:
On the assumption, which must be correct, that Onesiphorus was dead when the words were written

Kuya Gerry's conclusion was...

But from what we just read earlier, Paul died in year 64 (or 67) AD while Onesiphorus died in year 81 AD. So common sense will tell us that Paul died first before Onesiphorus. Therefore, Paul was praying for a man who was still very much alive. [Soliman]

Paul greeted the household of Onesiphorus the question might arise:

How could a dead person write his greetings??

Let us read the Bible:

2 Timothy 1:16-18 (NIV)

¹⁶ May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains. ¹⁷ On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me. ¹⁸ May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus.

Another question will arise:

If Paul died EARLIER than Onesiphorus. How did you know that Paul was praying for Onesiphorus?? Because it is written..right?

Then Paul foresaw the future that he would die earlier than Onesiphorus that's why he wrote this greeting more earlier??