Difference between revisions of "Julius"

<p> (Ἰούλιος) </p> <p> After the decision of [[Festus]] to send St. Paul to Rome, he was entrusted to the care of a ‘centurion named [[Julius]] of the Augustan cohort’ (&nbsp;Acts 27:1-3). The [[Apostle]] was treated with kindness and consideration by the centurion, who, although he disregarded St. Paul’s advice as to the place of wintering (&nbsp;Acts 27:9-11), deferred to his recommendation regarding cutting away the boat (&nbsp;Acts 27:31), and, in order to save him, refused to allow the soldiers to kill the prisoners (&nbsp;Acts 27:42). On arriving in Rome Julius handed over his prisoner to the ‘captain of the guard’ (&nbsp;Acts 28:16). Much discussion has gathered round the phrase ‘Augustan cohort’ to which Julius belonged. Ramsay regards it as probable that Julius belonged to the corps of official couriers, employed as emissaries to various parts of the Empire-the <i> peregrini </i> ; and the ‘captain of the guard’ is supposed to have been their commanding officer (see articles Band, Augustan Band). </p> <p> As Julius was the family name of the members of the Roman Imperial house, it was assumed by many of the vassal kings from the days of Julius [[Caesar]] onwards. It was borne by all the [[Jewish]] princes from Antipater, the father of Herod the Great. [[Josephus]] mentions a Julius Archelaeus, son-in-law of [[Agrippa]] I. ( <i> Ant. </i> xix. ix. 1; cf. Schürer, i. 561, also index, p. 69). </p> <p> Literature.-R. J. Knowling, <i> Expositor’s Greek [[Testament]] </i> , ‘Acts’, 1900, p. 516; W. M. Ramsay, <i> St. Paul the [[Traveller]] </i> , 1895, p. 315; E. Schürer, <i> GJV </i> [Note: JV Geschichte des jüdischen Volkes (Schürer).]4 i. [1901] 460-462. </p> <p> W. F. Boyd. </p>

<p> [[Julius]] ( ''Jû'Li-Ŭs'' or ''Jûl'Yus'' ). A centurion of '''Augustan Band''' (which see), under whose charge Paul was conveyed to Rome. Acts chaps. 27, 28. He was courteous to the apostle, and may be the same with Julius Priscus, subsequently prefect of the prætorian guards. </p>

<p> '''Ju'lius.''' ''(Soft-Haired).'' The centurion of "Augustus' band," to whose charge, St. Paul was delivered when he was sent prisoner from [[Caesarea]] to Rome. &nbsp;Acts 27:1; &nbsp;Acts 27:3. (A.D. 60). </p>

<p> ( '''''Ι᾿Ούλιος''''' , for the Latin ''Julius,'' the name of an honorable Roman family), the centurion of the imperial cohort who had the charge of conducting Paul as a prisoner to Rome, and who treated him with much consideration and kindness on the way (&nbsp;Acts 27:1; &nbsp;Acts 27:3; &nbsp;Acts 27:43; comp. &nbsp;Acts 27:11; &nbsp;Acts 27:31). A.D. 55. '''''—''''' Kitto. "Augustus's band," to which Julius belonged, has been identified by some commentators with the Italian band (&nbsp;Acts 10:1); by others, less probably, with the body of cavalry denominated Sebasteni by Josephus (Ant. 19, 9, 2, etc.). Conybeare and Howson (Life of St. Paul, ch. 21) adopt in the main Wieseler's opinion, that the Augustan cohort was a detachment of the Praetorian Guards attached to the person of the Roman governor at Caesarea; and that this Julius may be the same as Julius Priscus (Tacitus, Hist. 2, 92; 4, 11), sometime centurion, afterwards prefect of the Praetorians. (See [[Italian]]); (See Paul). </p>

<p> The name of three Popes: </p> <p> ope from 337 to 332; </p> <p> ope from 1502 to 1513; </p> <p> ope from 1550 to 1555, of which only J. II. deserves notice. </p> <p> n Italian by birth, was more of a soldier than a priest, and, during his pontificate, was almost wholly occupied with wars against the Venetians for the recovery of Romagna, and against the French to drive them out of Italy, in which attempt he called to his aid the spiritual artillery at his command, by ex-communicating Louis XII. and putting his kingdom under an interdict in 1542; he sanctioned the marriage of Henry VIII. with [[Catharine]] of Aragon, commenced to rebuild St. Peter's at Rome, and was the patron of [[Michael]] [[Angelo]] and Raphael. </p>

<p> ''''' jōō´li ''''' - ''''' us ''''' ( Ἰούλιος , <i> ''''' Ioúlios ''''' </i> ): The centurion of the Augustan cohort under whose charge Paul was sent a prisoner to Rome (&nbsp; Acts 27:1 , &nbsp;Acts 27:3 ). See [[Army]] , [[Roman]]; [[Band]] , Augustan . </p>