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Mother of Eunice, Timothy's mother (2 Timothy 1:5). The Greek names mark Greek origin, though she was a Jewess in religion and the father a Greek, i.e. pagan; Lystra was her home. The family pedigree of "indwelling faith" began first with Lois, the farthest back of Timothy's progenitors whom Paul knew. She and Eunice were probably converted at Paul's first visit to Lystra (Acts 14:6-7). The belief of the mother and grandmother alone is implied in 2 Timothy 1, in undesigned harmony with Acts 16, not of the father; a mark of genuineness. One godly parent may counteract the bad influence of the ungodly, and win the child to Christ (1 Corinthians 7:14; 2 Timothy 3:15).