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| <p> ''''' tı̄ ''''' - ''''' ran´us ''''' ( Τύραννος , <i> ''''' Túrannos ''''' </i> ): When the Jews of [[Ephesus]] opposed Paul's teaching in the synagogue, he withdrew, and, separating his followers, reasoned daily in the school of Tyrannus. "This continued for the space of two years" ( Acts 19:9 , Acts 19:10 ). D S yriac (Western text) adds after [[Tyrannus]] ( Acts 19:9 ), "from the 5th hour unto the 10th." <i> '''''Scholḗ''''' </i> is the lecture-hall or teaching-room of a philosopher or orator, and such were to be found m every [[Greek]] city. Tyrannus may have been (1) a Greek rhetorician or (2) a [[Jewish]] rabbi. </p> <p> (1) This is the common opinion, and many identify him with a certain Tyrannus, a sophist, mentioned by Suidas. Paul would thus appear to be one of the traveling rhetors of the time, who had hired such a hall to proclaim his own peculiar philosophy (Ramsay, <i> St. Paul the Traveler </i> , 246,271). </p> <p> (2) Meyer thinks that as the apostle had not passed wholly to the Gentiles, and Jews still flocked to hear him, and also that as Tyrannus is not spoken of as a proselyte ( <i> ''''' sebómenos ''''' </i> <i> ''''' tón ''''' </i> <i> ''''' Theón ''''' </i> ), this <i> ''''' scholē ''''' </i> is the <i> ''''' bēth ''''' </i> <i> ''''' Midrāsh ''''' </i> of a Jewish rabbi. "Paul with his [[Christians]] withdrew from the public synagogue to the private synagogue of Tyrannus, where he and his doctrine were more secure from public annoyance" (Meyer in the place cited.). </p> <p> (3) Another view (Overbeck) is that the expression was the standing name of the place after the original owner. </p> | | Tyrannus <ref name="term_63970" /> |
| ==References == | | <p> in Greek mythology, was one of the Pterelaidse, who were slain in the contest against the sons of Electryon. </p> |
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| <ref name="term_9215"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/tyrannus Tyrannus from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | | <ref name="term_63970"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/tyrannus+(2) Tyrannus from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 17:26, 15 October 2021
Tyrannus [1]
in Greek mythology, was one of the Pterelaidse, who were slain in the contest against the sons of Electryon.
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