Lois

c. AD 49· In the text

Placed by the story. The date is a rough guide. How the dates are worked out

uncertain — possibly "more desirable" · Greek

Grandmother of Timothy, named once in Scripture. Writing to Timothy, Paul recalls the sincere faith that lived first in his grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice, and now in Timothy himself. Paul names her ahead of Eunice. Acts introduces Timothy as the son of a Jewish woman who believed and of a Greek father.