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== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65530" /> ==
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52416" /> ==
<p> The Roman officer at [[Jerusalem]] who, when Paul was arrested, protected him and acted promptly in sending him away from his murderous enemies. &nbsp;Acts 23:26; &nbsp;Acts 24:7,22 . </p>
<p> <strong> [[Lysias,]] [[Claudius.]] </strong> [[A]] chiliarch of a cohort in [[Jerusalem]] who rescued St. Paul from the [[Jews]] in the [[Temple]] and took him to the ‘Castle,’ the fortress [[Antonia]] which commanded the Temple. His second name shows him to have been a Greek, but he had bought the Roman citizenship (&nbsp; Acts 22:28 ) and taken the name Claudius. On account of a plot he sent St. Paul guarded to [[Felix]] at Cæsarea, and wrote a letter of which the version in &nbsp; Acts 23:26 , although doubtless only a paraphrase, yet clearly represents the true sense. It is just what we should expect from Lysias, being much more favourable to his course of action than the real facts warranted. (See art. [[Egyptian]] [The]). </p> <p> [[A.]] [[J.]] Maclean. </p>
          
          
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72003" /> ==
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32455" /> ==
<p> '''Clau'dius Lys'ias.''' ''See '' '''Lysias Claudius''' ''.'' </p>
&nbsp;Acts 21:31-38&nbsp;22:24-30[[Claudius]]
       
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15769" /> ==
<p> See [[Lysias]] . </p>
       
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50171" /> ==
<p> <strong> [[Claudius]] [[Lysias]] </strong> . See Lysias. </p>
       
== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55464" /> ==
<p> See Lysias. </p>
       
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2446" /> ==
<p> '''''klô´di''''' -'''''us lis´i''''' -'''''as''''' Κλαύδιος Λυσίας , <i> '''''Klaúdios Lysı́as''''' </i> ): [[A]] chief captain who intervened when the [[Jews]] sought to do violence to Paul at Jerusalem (&nbsp;Acts 21:31; &nbsp;Acts 24:22 ). Lysias, who was probably a Greek by birth (compare &nbsp;Acts 21:37 ), and who had probably assumed the Roman forename Claudius (&nbsp;Acts 23:26 ) when he purchased the citizenship (&nbsp;Acts 22:28 ), was a military tribune or chiliarch (i.e. leader of 1,000 men) in command of the garrison stationed in the castle overlooking the temple at Jerusalem. Upon learning of the riot instigated by the Asiatic Jews, he hastened down with his soldiers, and succeeded in rescuing Paul from the hands of the mob. As Paul was the apparent malefactor, Lysias bound him with two chains, and demanded to know who he was, and what was the cause of the disturbance. [[Failing]] amid the general tumult to get any satisfactory reply, he conducted Paul to the castle, and there questioned him as to whether he was the "Egyptian," an postor that had lately been defeated by [[Felix]] (Josephus, <i> [[Bj]] </i> , [[Ii,]] xiii, 5; <i> Ant </i> , [[Xx,]] viii, 6). Upon receiving the answer of Paul that he was a "Jew of Tarsus," he gave him permission to address the people from the stairs which connected the castle and the temple. As the speech of Paul had no pacifying effect, Lysias purposed examining him by scourging; but on learning that his prisoner was a Roman citizen, he desisted from the attempt and released him from his bonds. The meeting of the [[Sanhedrin]] which Lysias then summoned also ended in an uproar, and having rescued Paul with difficulty he conducted him back to the castle. The news of the plot against the life of one whom he now knew to be a Roman citizen decided for Lysias that he could not hope to cope alone with so grave a situation. He therefore dispatched Paul under the protection of a bodyguard to Felix at Caesarea, along with a letter explaining the circumstances (&nbsp;Acts 23:26-30 . The genuineness of this letter has been questioned by some, but without sufficient reason.) In this letter he took care to safeguard his own conduct, and to shield his hastiness in binding Paul. There is evidence (compare &nbsp;Acts 24:22 ) that Lysias was also summoned to [[Caesarea]] at a later date to give his testimony, but no mention is made of his arrival there. It is probable, however, that he was among the chief captains who attended the trial of Paul before King [[Agrippa]] and [[Festus]] (compare &nbsp;Acts 25:22 ). For the reference to him in the speech of [[Tertullus]] (see &nbsp;Acts 24:7 the Revised Version, margin), see [[Tertullus]] . </p>
       
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15331" /> ==
<p> Claudius Lysias [[[Lysias]]] </p>
          
          
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<ref name="term_65530"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/claudius+lysias Claudius Lysias from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>
<ref name="term_52416"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/lysias,+claudius Claudius Lysias from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_72003"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/claudius+lysias Claudius Lysias from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_15769"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/claudius+lysias Claudius Lysias from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_50171"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/claudius+lysias Claudius Lysias from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_55464"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-new-testament/claudius+lysias Claudius Lysias from Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_2446"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/claudius+lysias Claudius Lysias from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
          
          
<ref name="term_15331"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/claudius+lysias Claudius Lysias from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_32455"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/lysias,+claudius Claudius Lysias from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
          
          
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Revision as of 23:09, 12 October 2021

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]

Lysias, Claudius. A chiliarch of a cohort in Jerusalem who rescued St. Paul from the Jews in the Temple and took him to the ‘Castle,’ the fortress Antonia which commanded the Temple. His second name shows him to have been a Greek, but he had bought the Roman citizenship (  Acts 22:28 ) and taken the name Claudius. On account of a plot he sent St. Paul guarded to Felix at Cæsarea, and wrote a letter of which the version in   Acts 23:26 , although doubtless only a paraphrase, yet clearly represents the true sense. It is just what we should expect from Lysias, being much more favourable to his course of action than the real facts warranted. (See art. Egyptian [The]).

A. J. Maclean.

Easton's Bible Dictionary [2]

 Acts 21:31-38 22:24-30Claudius

References

  1. ↑ Claudius Lysias from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
  2. ↑ Claudius Lysias from Easton's Bible Dictionary
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