Sidebar: “An Evening Thought”

Season 1, Episode 2.1

In this sidebar episode, Chad tells Chi about his close reading of Jupiter Hammon’s first published poem, “An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ Alone” and what it has to do with the name of a gate in the second Jewish Temple.

Sources and references:

The Collected Works of Jupiter Hammon, ed. Cedric May

Acts Chapter 3

Acts Chapter 4

Strong’s definition of ὡραῖος

2 Corinthians 6:2

“Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling” is from Philippians 2:12

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