What miracles , etc. See Introduction to Catholic Epistles . Known unto God , etc. Only here in New Testament. The kindred noun ejpistolh, whence our epistle , means, originally, anything sent by a messenger.
Letter is a secondary meaning.
A word not found in classical Greek , and only here in the New Testament. The kindred verb ajlisgein, to pollute, occurs in the Septuagint, Dan . See 1 Cor. In its literal sense. The flesh of animals killed in snares , and whose blood was not poured forth, was forbidden to the Israelites.