Robbers of Temples
Robbers of Temples
(, hierosuloi, guilty of sacrilege): A term used by the town clerk of Ephesus (Act 19:37, the King James Version robbers of churches). As the temple of Diana (Artemas) had a great treasure-chamber, the offense might not be unknown among them; compare Rom 2:22.
In 2 Macc 4:42 the King James Version the epithet church-robber (the Revised Version (British and American) author of the sacrilege) is applied to LYSIMACHUS (which see).