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== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_56713" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_56713" /> == | ||
<p> (Νηρεύς, a Greek name, fairly common among slaves and freedmen, and found in inscriptions of the Imperial household) </p> <p> [[Nereus]] is the third of a group of Christians, his sister (probably Nereis or [[Nerias]] by name) being the fourth, who with ‘all the saints that are with them’ are saluted by St. Paul in Romans 16:15. The first two names, [[Philologus]] and [[Julia]] (which see) may be those of husband and wife. If so, Nereus and his sister and [[Olympas]] may have been their family, which formed the nucleus of a church which met under their leadership at their house in Rome or Ephesus. Cf. possible the ‘household of Stephanas’ in Corinth, who were ‘the firstfruits of Achaia’ and who ‘set themselves to minister unto the saints’ ( 1 Corinthians 16:15). The relationship is, however, purely conjectural, as nothing further is known of any of these persons. That they formed with the other unnamed persons a household or district (ἐκκλησία), of which they had been the nucleus and therefore became the leaders, is extremely probable, or the men may have been the heads of separate small communities. The name Nereus was that of a minor sea-god, father of the Nereids, and it is significant that a [[Christian]] should have had no scruple in retaining it. (Other names of heathen deities borne by [[Christians]] mentioned in Romans 16 are [[Hermes]] [ Romans 16:14], Phoebe, [ Romans 16:1].) The name is connected with legends of the early Roman Church (see Sanday-Headlam, International Critical Commentary, ‘Romans 5,’ Edinburgh, 1902, p. 428). </p> <p> | <p> (Νηρεύς, a Greek name, fairly common among slaves and freedmen, and found in inscriptions of the Imperial household) </p> <p> [[Nereus]] is the third of a group of Christians, his sister (probably Nereis or [[Nerias]] by name) being the fourth, who with ‘all the saints that are with them’ are saluted by St. Paul in Romans 16:15. The first two names, [[Philologus]] and [[Julia]] (which see) may be those of husband and wife. If so, Nereus and his sister and [[Olympas]] may have been their family, which formed the nucleus of a church which met under their leadership at their house in Rome or Ephesus. Cf. possible the ‘household of Stephanas’ in Corinth, who were ‘the firstfruits of Achaia’ and who ‘set themselves to minister unto the saints’ ( 1 Corinthians 16:15). The relationship is, however, purely conjectural, as nothing further is known of any of these persons. That they formed with the other unnamed persons a household or district (ἐκκλησία), of which they had been the nucleus and therefore became the leaders, is extremely probable, or the men may have been the heads of separate small communities. The name Nereus was that of a minor sea-god, father of the Nereids, and it is significant that a [[Christian]] should have had no scruple in retaining it. (Other names of heathen deities borne by [[Christians]] mentioned in Romans 16 are [[Hermes]] [ Romans 16:14], Phoebe, [ Romans 16:1].) The name is connected with legends of the early Roman Church (see Sanday-Headlam, International Critical Commentary, ‘Romans 5,’ Edinburgh, 1902, p. 428). </p> <p> T. B. Allworthy. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53004" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53004" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> NEREUS. </strong> A Roman Christian, to whom, along with his sister, St. Paul sends greeting in Romans 16:15 . The expression ‘and all the saints that are with them’ seems to point to some community of Christians accustomed to meet together. </p> <p> Morley Stevenson. </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36762" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36762" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A Christian at Rome whom Paul salutes ( Romans 16:15). Of Philologus' and Julia's household, [[Origen]] guesses. Tradition makes him to have been beheaded at Terracina under Nero, and his ashes deposited in the church of Nereo and Archilleo at Rome. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74077" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74077" /> == | ||
<p> '''Ne'reus.''' ''( | <p> '''Ne'reus.''' ''(Lamp).'' A Christian at Rome, saluted by St. Paul. Romans 16:15. According to tradition, he was beheaded at Terracina, probably, in the reign of Nerva. </p> | ||
== Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48386" /> == | == Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48386" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A friend of Paul's, ( Romans 16:15) derived from Ner. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67810" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67810" /> == | ||
