Corpus-Paul

["Kym Smith" <khs AT picknowl.com.au>]

Dear Dave,

It is quite possible that Onesimus and Onesiphorus are the same person. I
am not sure, however, that the reference to 'chains' is a valid
connection. It might be if all three letters (Col, Phlmn, 2 Tim) were
written from the same prison but this is not certain. Personally I suspect
that 2 Tim was written during Paul's second imprisonment in  Rome and
shortly before his death (in 64) while Col and Phlmn were written and
posted (with Ephesians) from prison in Ephesus in 62 (Following Paul's
release from Rome at the end of Acts).

Kym Smith
Adelaide
South Australia
khs AT picknowl.com.au