Crates
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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
CRATES . A deputy left in charge of the citadel at Jerusalem (Acra) when the regular governor, Sostratus, was summoned to Antioch by Antiochus Epiphanes, in consequence of a dispute with the high priest Menelaus ( 2Ma 4:29 ). Crates was ‘over the Cyprians’: probably he was sent to Cyprus shortly afterwards, when, in b.c. 168, Antiochus obtained possession of the island.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
krā´tēz Κράτης Krátēs Latin Bible
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
( Κράτης; Vulg. translates praelatus est), governor of the Cyprians ( ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν Κ .), who was left in charge of the "castle" ( τῆς ἀκροπόλεως ) of Jerusalem (?) during the absence of Sostratus, in the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes ( 2 Maccabees 4:29).
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [4]
A Greek cynic philosopher, disciple of Diogenes; 4th century B.C.
