Difference between revisions of "Robbers Of Churches"

        <p> <strong> CHURCHES, ROBBERS OF </strong> . This is in Acts 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). </p> <p> A. Souter. </p>

        <p> This is 'temple-robbers.' Acts 19:37 . </p>

         <p> '''''chûrch´iz''''' . See [[Robbers Of Temples]] . </p>

        <ref name="term_50389"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/churches,+robbers+of Robbers Of Churches from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>

        <ref name="term_65453"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/churches,+robbers+of Robbers Of Churches from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_2256"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/churches,+robbers+of Robbers Of Churches from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>