Julia, Nerea’s Sister, and Olympia are all feted in Romans Romans 16:15. Greet Philoligon and Julia, Nerea and his sister, and Olympia and all the saints with them.

Persida, Julia, Nerea’s Sister, and Olympia were very important to Paul, although he had not yet been to Rome. Phoebe was sent to Rome with authority to help the young congregation there, showing how important Rome was to the early Body of Messiah. It is amazing that Paul could name so many (twenty-four) people in Roman leadership, and especially noteworthy that ten of those twenty-four were women at a time when even membership meant risking someone’s life. Leadership was even more dangerous. The Present Day Church is just now getting to the point of accepting women in leadership that the first century Body of Messiah had. Traditions die hard.