Churches, Robbers of
Churches, Robbers Of
CHURCHES, ROBBERS OF.This is in Act 19:37 an AV [Note: Authorized Version.] mistranslation (RV [Note: Revised Version.] has robbers of temples). Even the RV [Note: Revised Version.] is inexact. The word ought to be translated simply sacrilegious persons, that is, persons acting disrespectfully to the goddess of Ephesus. In 2Ma 4:42 (RV [Note: Revised Version.] author of the sacrilege) the expression is applied to Lysimachus, brother of Menelaus the high priest, who perished in a riot caused by sacrilege (b.c. 170).
A. Souter.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Churches, Robbers of
churchiz. See ROBBERS OF TEMPLES.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Churches, Robbers of
This is ‘temple-robbers.’ Act 19:37.