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<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 &nbsp; 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 (&nbsp;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]] (&nbsp;Romans 16:21 ). He is probably the same person as (1). Paul calls him a kinsman, which means a Jew (compare &nbsp;Romans 9:3; &nbsp;Romans 16:11 , &nbsp;Romans 16:21 ). </p>
       
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<ref name="term_5295"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/jason+(2) Jason from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
<p> ''''' jā´sun ''''' ( Ἰάσων , <i> ''''' Iásōn ''''' </i> ): A common name among the Hellenizing [[Jews]] who used it for Jesus or Joshua, probably connecting it with the Greek verb <i> ''''' iáshthai ''''' </i> ("to heal"). </p> <p> (1) Son of Eleazar, sent (161 bc) by [[Judas]] Maccabeus with other deputies to Rome "to make a league of amity and confederacy" (&nbsp;1 [[Maccabees]] 8:17; Josephus, <i> Ant </i> , Xii , x, 6), and perhaps to be identified with (2). </p> <p> (2) The father of [[Antipater]] who went as ambassador of [[Jonathan]] to Rome in 144 bc (&nbsp;1 Maccabees 12:16; &nbsp;14:22; <i> Ant </i> , Xiii , v, 8). </p> <p> (3) [[Jason]] of Cyrene, a [[Jewish]] historian, who is known only from what is told of him in &nbsp;2 Maccabees 2:19-23 . &nbsp;2 Macc is in fact simply an abridgment in one book of the 5 books written by Jason on the Jewish wars of liberation. He must have written after 162 bc, as his books include the wars under [[Antiochus]] Eupator. </p> <p> (4) Jason the high priest, second son of Simon 2 and brother of [[Onias]] III. The change of name from Jesus (Josephus, <i> Ant </i> , Xii , v) was part of the Hellenizing policy favored by Antiochus [[Epiphanes]] from whom he purchased the high-priesthood by a large bribe, thus excluding his elder brother from the office (&nbsp;2 Maccabees 4:7-26 ). He did everything in his power to introduce Greek customs and Greek life among the Jews. He established a gymnasium in Jerusalem, so that even the priests neglected the altars and the sacrifices, and hastened to be partakers of the "unlawful allowance" in the palaestra. The writer of 2 Macc calls him "that ungodly wretch" and "vile" Jason. He even sent deputies from [[Jerusalem]] to [[Tyre]] to take part in the worship of Hercules; but what he sent for sacrifices, the deputies expended on the "equipment of galleys." After 3 years of this Hellenizing work he was supplanted in 172 bc in the favor of Antiochus by [[Menelaus]] who gave a large bribe for the high priest's office. Jason took refuge with the Ammonites; on hearing that Antiochus was dead he tried with some success to drive out Menelaus, but ultimately failed (&nbsp;2 Maccabees 5:5 ff). He took refuge with the [[Ammonites]] again, and then with Aretas, the Arabian, and finally with the Lacedaemonians, where he hoped for protection "as being connected by race," and there "perished-miserably in a strange land." </p> <p> (5) A name mentioned in &nbsp;Acts 17:5-9 and in &nbsp; Romans 16:21 . See following article. </p>
       
 
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Latest revision as of 14:24, 16 October 2021

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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