Robbery When St. Paul enumerates in his Second Letter to the Corinthian Church the dangers through which he has passed in the prosecution of his missionary labours he includes , perils of robbers (2Co 11:26). There can be little doubt that, while this peril may have existed on many of the routes in Asia Minor, … Continue reading “Robbery”
Robbers, Seven
Robbers, Seven (Septem Latrones), martyrs on the Island of Corcyra (Corfu) in the second century. Their names are Saturninus, Insischolus, Faustianus, Januarius, Marsalius, Euphrasius, and Mammius. The greek menologoies inform us that Sts. Jason and Sosipater, who had been instructed in the Christian religion by the Apostles or by Christ Himself, came to the Island … Continue reading “Robbers, Seven”
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 … Continue reading “Robbers of Temples”
Robbers Of Churches
Robbers Of Churches This is the Authorized Version rendering of the word used by the town-clerk of Ephesus on the occasion of the riot described in Acts 19. For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess (Act 19:37). The term churches according to the … Continue reading “Robbers Of Churches”
Robbers
Robbers General references Pro 1:11-16 Dens of Jer 7:11 Bands of Hos 6:9; Hos 7:1 Robbery; Theft Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Robber, Robbery
Robber, Robbery rober, rober-i: Robber represents no particular Hebrew word in the Old Testament, but in the Apocrypha and the New Testament is always a translation of , lestes (see THIEF). In the King James Version Job 5:5; Job 18:9, robber stands for the doubtful word , cammm, the Revised Version (British and American) hungry … Continue reading “Robber, Robbery”
Robber Of Churches
Robber Of Churches (, Act 19:37). Sacrilege took many forms in antiquity (1 Maccabees 6). The plundering of heathen temples was indirectly forbidden to the Jews (Deu 7:25; Josephus, Ant. 4, 8, 10). The Roman law held it as a sacrilege to be punished by forfeiture of goods, to steal the holy books of the … Continue reading “Robber Of Churches”
Robber Council Of Ephesus
Robber Council of Ephesus Held at Ephesus in 449, it was not really a council but a synod called to vindicate the heresiarch Eutyches from the condemnation of Saint Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople. Disgraceful scenes of violence occurred during one of the flrst sessions; Eutyches was vindicated, and Saint Flavian, and Theodoret, Bishop of Cyprus, … Continue reading “Robber Council Of Ephesus”
Robber
Robber ROBBER (, Vulgate latro) is found in Authorized Version only in Joh 10:1; Joh 10:8; Joh 18:40 (Barabbas). In Revised Version NT 1881, OT 1885 it stands for the same Greek word also in Mat 21:13 = Mar 11:17 = Luk 19:46 (den of robbers); Mat 26:55 = Mar 14:48 = Luk 22:52 (Are … Continue reading “Robber”
Rob
Rob I. The following are the Heb. and Gr. words rendered by this and its derivatives in the A.V.: 1. Rob: (1) (Sept. ; Vulg. depopulor); (2) (; violenter aufero); (3) , return, repeat; hence in Pi. to surround, circumvent (Psa 119:61; ; circumplecti),usually affirm,reiterate assertions (Gesen. Thesaur. p. 997); (4) , cover, hide (; … Continue reading “Rob”