Difference between revisions of "Tyrannus"

<p> &nbsp;Acts 19:9. In whose school at Ephesus Paul discussed (dielegeto , "reasoned"; same Greek, &nbsp;Acts 17:2) gospel truths with disciples and inquirers (having withdrawn from cavilers) daily for two years. A private synagogue (called beet midrash by the Jews), or rather the hall of a [[Gentile]] sophist or lecturer on rhetoric and philosophy; his name is Greek, and the "one" prefixed implies that there was no definite leaning to Christianity in him. He probably hired out his school when not using it himself. Paul in leaving the synagogue would be likely to take a Gentile's hall to gain access to the Gentiles. </p>

<p> [[Tyrannus]] (''Ty-Răn'Nus'' ), ''Tyrant.'' The name of the Greek rhetorician of Ephesus in whose lecture-room Paul delivered discourses daily for two years. &nbsp;Acts 19:9. </p>

<p> (Τύραννος '', Sovereign'' )'','' the name of a man in whose school or place of audience Paul taught the [[Gospel]] for two years, during his sojourn at Ephesus (see &nbsp;Acts 19:9). A. D. 52, 53. The halls or rooms of the philosophers were called σχολαί among the later [[Greeks]] (Liddell and Scott, ''S.V.'' )'';'' and as Luke applies that term to the ''Auditorium'' in this instance, the presumption is that Tyrannus himself was a Greek, and a public teacher of philosophy or rhetoric. He and Paul must have occupied the room at different hours; whether he hired it out to the Christians or gave them the use of it (in either case he must have been friendly to them) is left uncertain. Meyer is disposed to consider that Tyrannus was a Jewish rabbi, and the owner of a private synagogue or house for teaching (בֵּית מַדְרָשׁ ). But, in the first place, his Greek name, and the fact that he is not mentioned as a Jew or proselyte, disagree with that supposition; and, in the second place, as Paul repaired to this man's school after having been compelled to leave the Jewish synagogue (&nbsp;Acts 19:9), it is evident that he took this course as a means of gaining access to the heathen; an. object which he would naturally seek through the co-operation of one of their own number, and not by associating himself with a Jew or a Gentile adherent of the Jewish faith. In speaking of him merely as a certain Tyrannus (Τυρ ® ννου τινός ), Luke indicates certainly that he was not a believer at first; though it is natural enough to think that he may have become such as the result of his acquaintance with the apostle. Hemsen (Der Apostel Paulus, p; .218) throws out the idea that the hall may have belonged to the authorities of the city, and have derived its name from the original proprietor. See Seelen, De Schola Tyranni, in his Medit. Exeg. 3 615 sq.; Wallen Acta Pauli Ephesin. (Gryph. 1783). (See [[Paul]]). </p>

<p> ''''' tı̄ ''''' - ''''' ran´us ''''' ( Τύραννος , <i> ''''' Túrannos ''''' </i> ): When the Jews of Ephesus opposed Paul's teaching in the synagogue, he withdrew, and, separating his followers, reasoned daily in the school of Tyrannus. "This continued for the space of two years" (&nbsp; Acts 19:9 , &nbsp;Acts 19:10 ). D S yriac (Western text) adds after Tyrannus (&nbsp;Acts 19:9 ), "from the 5th hour unto the 10th." <i> '''''Scholḗ''''' </i> is the lecture-hall or teaching-room of a philosopher or orator, and such were to be found m every Greek city. Tyrannus may have been (1) a Greek rhetorician or (2) a Jewish rabbi. </p> <p> (1) This is the common opinion, and many identify him with a certain Tyrannus, a sophist, mentioned by Suidas. Paul would thus appear to be one of the traveling rhetors of the time, who had hired such a hall to proclaim his own peculiar philosophy (Ramsay, <i> St. Paul the Traveler </i> , 246,271). </p> <p> (2) Meyer thinks that as the apostle had not passed wholly to the Gentiles, and Jews still flocked to hear him, and also that as Tyrannus is not spoken of as a proselyte ( <i> ''''' sebómenos ''''' </i> <i> ''''' tón ''''' </i> <i> ''''' Theón ''''' </i> ), this <i> ''''' scholē ''''' </i> is the <i> ''''' bēth ''''' </i> <i> ''''' Midrāsh ''''' </i> of a Jewish rabbi. "Paul with his Christians withdrew from the public synagogue to the private synagogue of Tyrannus, where he and his doctrine were more secure from public annoyance" (Meyer in the place cited.). </p> <p> (3) Another view (Overbeck) is that the expression was the standing name of the place after the original owner. </p>