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| == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51933" /> == | | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_5295" /> == |
| <p> < strong> JASON </ strong> . This Greek name was adopted by many [[Jews]] whose [[Hebrew]] designation was Joshua ( Jesus) . < strong> 1. < /strong> The son of [[Eleazar]] deputed to make a treaty with the Romans, and father of [[Antipater]] who was later sent on a similar errand, unless two different persons are meant ( 1Ma 8:17; 1Ma 12:16; 1Ma 14:22 ) . <strong> 2. </strong> [[Jason]] of Cyrene, an author, of whose history 2 Mac. (see 2Ma 2:23; 2Ma 2:26 ) is an epitome (written after b.c. 160). <strong> 3. </strong> Joshua the high priest, who ousted his brother [[Onias]] iii. from the office in b.c. 174 ( 2Ma 4:7 ff.), but was himself driven out three years later, and died among the Lacedæmonians at [[Sparta]] ( 2Ma 5:9 f. ). <strong> 4. </strong> In Acts 17:6 ff. a Jason was St. Paul’s host at Thessalonica, from whom the politarchs took bail for his good behaviour, thus (as it seems) preventing St. Paul’s return to [[Macedonia]] for a long time (see art. Paul the Apostle, § 8). The Jason who sends greetings from [[Corinth]] in Romans 16:21 , a ‘kinsman’ of St. Paul ( <em> i.e. </em> a Jew), is probably the same man. </p> <p> A. J. Maclean. </p> | | <p> ''''' jā´sun ''''' ( Ἰάσων , < i> ''''' Iásōn ''''' </ i> ): A G reek name assumed by [[Jews]] who bore the [[Hebrew]] name Joshua . This name is mentioned twice in the New Testament. ( See also preceding article.) < /p> < p> ( 1) [[Jason]] was the host of Paul during his stay in Thessalonica, and, during the uproar organized by the Jews, who were moved to jealousy by the success of Paul and Silas, he and several other "brethren" were severely handled by the mob. When the mob failed to find Paul and Silas, they dragged Jason and "certain brethren" before the politarchs, accusing Jason of treason in receiving into his house those who said "There is another king, one Jesus. " The magistrates, being troubled, took security from them, and let them go. </p> <p> There are various explanations of the purpose of this security. " By this expression it is most probably meant that a sum of money was deposited with the magistrates, and that the [[ Christian]] community of the place made themselves responsible that no attempt should be made against the supremacy of Rome, and that peace should be maintained in [[Thessalonica]] itself" (Conybeare and Howson, <i> St. Paul </i> ). Ramsay ( < i> St. Paul the Traveler </i> ) thinks that the security was given to prevent Paul from returning to Thessalonica and that Paul refers to this in 1 Thessalonians 2 :18 . </p> <p> The immediate departure of Paul and Silas seems to show the security was given that the strangers would leave the city and remain absent ( Acts 17:5-9 ). </p> <p> ( 2) Jason is one of the companions of Paul who unite with him in sending greetings to the Roman [[ Christians]] ( Romans 16:21 ). He is probably the same person as ( 1). Paul calls him a kinsman, which means a Jew (compare Romans 9: 3; Romans 16: 11 , Romans 16:21 ). </p> |
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| == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_56284" /> ==
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| <p> ( Ἰάσων) </p> <p> Jason is a Greek name, often adopted by Jews of the Dispersion, sometimes as not unlike the names [[ Joseph]] or Joshua. </p> <p> <b> 1 </b> . In Acts 17:5 ff., the host of St. Paul and Silas at Thessalonica, who was seized with other converts and dragged before the politarchs. These authorities bound over Jason and his friends in security that there should be no further disturbance and perhaps that St. Paul should leave the city and not return (see Ramsay, <i> St. Paul the [[Traveller]] and the [[Roman]] [[Citizen]] </i> , 1895, p. 230f.). < /p> <p> <b> 2 </b> . In Romans 16:21, a person whose greetings St. Paul sends to his readers with greetings from Timothy, Lucius, and Sosipater, all of whom he describes as his ‘kinsmen,’ <i> i.e. </i> fellow-Jews or perhaps members of the same tribe. It is quite probable that <b> 1 </b> and <b> 2 </b> are the same man. </p> <p> T. B. Allworthy. </p> | |
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| == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36011" /> ==
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| <p> Graecized from Joshua. The [[Thessalonian]] who received Paul and Silas ( Acts 17:5-7; Acts 17:9), whom the mob therefore, after assaulting his house, dragged before the magistrates. Jason had to give security before he was let go. In Romans 16:21 Paul sends Jason's salutations from Corinth, calling him his "kinsman" or fellow tribesman, or fellow countryman, as the word is used Romans 9:3. </p>
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| == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73201" /> ==
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| <p> Ja'son. (one who will heal). Jason, called the Thessalonian, entertained Paul and Silas, and was in consequence, attacked by the [[Jewish]] mob. Acts 17:5-7; Acts 17:9. (A.D. 48). He is probably the same as the Jason mentioned in Romans 16:21. It is conjectured that Jason and Secundus, Acts 20:4, were the same person. </p> | |
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| == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_41497" /> ==
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| Acts 17:5 Acts 17:6-7 Romans 16:21 <p> 2. A Jewish high priest during the final years of Seleucid control of Palestine. His Greek name reflects the [[Hellenistic]] influence that increasingly permeated Jewish life during the period before the Maccabean revolt. See Intertestamental History. </p>
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| == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70283" /> ==
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| <p> Jason ( jâ'son), one who will heal. A Thessalonian, and probably a relative of Paul, whom he entertained, and in consequence received rough treatment at the [[Hands]] of the unbelieving Jews. Acts 17:1-34; with Romans 16:21. </p>
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| == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16407" /> ==
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| <p> A kinsman and host of Paul, at Thessalonica. His person and goods were interposed to shield the apostle from the rabble, A. D. 52, Acts 17:5-10 . He seems also to have been with him at Corinth, five years afterwards, Romans 16:21 . </p>
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| == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66925" /> ==
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| <p> The host of Paul and Silas at Thessalonica, whose house was attacked by the Jews, and himself arrested. Acts 17:5-9 . Perhaps the same as the one at Rome described as a kinsman of Paul. Romans 16:21 . </p>
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| == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32251" /> ==
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| Acts 17:5-9 Romans 16:21
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| == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75184" /> ==
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| <p> A mythological Greek hero, son of Æson, king of Iolcos; brought up by the centaur Chiron, was supplanted on the throne by his half-brother Pelias; undertook the leadership of the Argonautic expedition, assisted by [[Medea]] in this enterprise; he took her to wife, but cast her off for Creusa, whom Medea to avenge herself killed, with her father and her two sons by Jason, she herself escaping to [[Athens]] in a chariot drawn by winged dragons; Jason took refuge from her fury in the sanctuary of [[Poseidon]] near Corinth, where the timber of the ship Argo deposited there breaking up fell upon him and crushed him to death. </p>
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| == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15950" /> ==
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| <p> Ja´son, a kinsman of St. Paul, and his host at Thessalonica, where the Jews forced his house in order to seize the Apostle. Not finding the Apostle, they dragged Jason himself and some other converts before the magistrates, who released them with an admonition (A.D. 53). Jason appears to have accompanied the [[Apostle]] to Corinth . </p>
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| <ref name="term_51933"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/jason Jason from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | | <ref name="term_5295"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/jason+(2) Jason from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> |
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| <ref name="term_56284"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-new-testament/jason Jason from Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_36011"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/jason Jason from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_73201"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/jason Jason from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_41497"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/jason Jason from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_70283"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/people-s-dictionary-of-the-bible/jason Jason from People's Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_16407"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/jason Jason from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_66925"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/jason Jason from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_32251"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/jason Jason from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_75184"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/jason Jason from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_15950"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/jason Jason from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref>
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [1]
jā´sun ( Ἰάσων , Iásōn ): A G reek name assumed by Jews who bore the Hebrew name Joshua. This name is mentioned twice in the New Testament. (See also preceding article.)
(1) Jason was the host of Paul during his stay in Thessalonica, and, during the uproar organized by the Jews, who were moved to jealousy by the success of Paul and Silas, he and several other "brethren" were severely handled by the mob. When the mob failed to find Paul and Silas, they dragged Jason and "certain brethren" before the politarchs, accusing Jason of treason in receiving into his house those who said "There is another king, one Jesus." The magistrates, being troubled, took security from them, and let them go.
There are various explanations of the purpose of this security. "By this expression it is most probably meant that a sum of money was deposited with the magistrates, and that the Christian community of the place made themselves responsible that no attempt should be made against the supremacy of Rome, and that peace should be maintained in Thessalonica itself" (Conybeare and Howson, St. Paul ). Ramsay ( St. Paul the Traveler ) thinks that the security was given to prevent Paul from returning to Thessalonica and that Paul refers to this in 1 Thessalonians 2:18 .
The immediate departure of Paul and Silas seems to show the security was given that the strangers would leave the city and remain absent ( Acts 17:5-9 ).
(2) Jason is one of the companions of Paul who unite with him in sending greetings to the Roman Christians ( Romans 16:21 ). He is probably the same person as (1). Paul calls him a kinsman, which means a Jew (compare Romans 9:3; Romans 16:11 , Romans 16:21 ).
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