Magicians
Magicians
The early Christians were derided by this name. Celsus and others pretended that our Savior, because he wrought miracles, practiced magic, which he had learned in Egypt. Augustine speaks of a popular belief among the enemies of the Christian faith that our Savior had written books on magic, which he delivered to Peter and Paul for the use of his disciples. One of the Roman historians calls the Christians genus hominum superstitionis malificae, which may be understood to mean men of the magical superstitions. In the martyrdom of Agnes, the people cried out, Away with the sorceress! Away with the enchantress!
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Magicians
Heb. hartumim, (dan. 1:20) were sacred scribes who acted as interpreters of omens, or “revealers of secret things.”
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Magicians
In Scripture language, the word means a pretender to curious arts. Such as have familiar spirits and wizards. Such were the magicians in the court of Pharaoh, Exo 7:11, etc. Balaam, the son of Bozor, was of the same class. (Num 22:5, etc. Dan 1:20)
See Balaam.
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Magicians
Magicians, the title which in our version is applied to the ‘wise men’ of Egypt (Gen 41:8; Gen 41:22; Exo 7:11; Exo 8:7; Exo 8:18-19; Exo 9:11), and of Babylon (Dan 1:20; Dan 2:2) The Hebrew word properly denotes ‘wise men,’ as they called themselves and were called by others; but, as we should call them, ‘men eminent in learning and science,’ their exclusive possession of which in their several countries enabled them occasionally to produce effects which were accounted supernatural by the people.
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Magicians
Magicians. See Magic.