Difference between revisions of "Cyrene"
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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72062" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72062" /> == | ||
<p> '''Cyre'ne.''' The principal city of that part of northern Africa which was sufficiently called Cyrenaica, lying between [[Carthage]] and Egypt, and corresponding with the modern ''Tripoli.'' Though on the African coast, it was a Greek city, and the Jews were settled there in large numbers. The Greek colonization of this part of Africa under Battus began of early as [[B.C.]] 631. </p> <p> After the death of Alexander the Great, it became a dependency of Egypt, and a Roman province, [[B.C.]] 75. Simon, who bore our Saviour's cross, Matthew 27:32, was a native of Cyrene. </p> <p> Jewish dwellers in Cyrenaica were in [[Jerusalem]] at | <p> '''Cyre'ne.''' The principal city of that part of northern Africa which was sufficiently called Cyrenaica, lying between [[Carthage]] and Egypt, and corresponding with the modern ''Tripoli.'' Though on the African coast, it was a Greek city, and the Jews were settled there in large numbers. The Greek colonization of this part of Africa under Battus began of early as [[B.C.]] 631. </p> <p> After the death of Alexander the Great, it became a dependency of Egypt, and a Roman province, [[B.C.]] 75. Simon, who bore our Saviour's cross, Matthew 27:32, was a native of Cyrene. </p> <p> Jewish dwellers in Cyrenaica were in [[Jerusalem]] at [[Pentecost]] , Acts 2:10, and gave their name to one of the synagogues in Jerusalem. Acts 6:9. Christian converts from Cyrene were among those who contributed actively to the formation of the first Gentile church at Antioch. Acts 11:20. </p> | ||
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80536" /> == | == Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80536" /> == | ||
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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69917" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69917" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Cyrene]] (''sî-rç'ne'' ). The chief city of Libya, in northern Africa. Simon, who bore our Saviour's cross, was of that city, Matthew 27:32; its people were at Jerusalem during the Pentecost, and they had a synagogue there, Acts 2:10; Acts 6:9, and some of them became preachers of the gospel. Acts 11:20; Acts 13:1. Cyrene was destroyed by the [[Saracens]] in the fourth century, and is now desolate. </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31057" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31057" /> == | ||
