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== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55175" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55175" /> == | ||
<p> Blastus, a chamberlain of Herod [[Agrippa]] I., is mentioned in Acts 12:20 in connexion with an embassy which the inhabitants of [[Tyre]] and [[Sidon]] sent to Herod at [[Caesarea]] in order to obtain terms of peace. The ambassadors obtained an audience of the prince through the influence of Blastus, who no doubt had been liberally bribed for his services. The incident of the embassy is not mentioned by [[Josephus]] nor is the name of Blastus, and this omission has been regarded by some ( <i> e.g. </i> Krenkel) as throwing doubt on St. Luke’s narrative, while others regard the incident as a proof of St. Luke’s independence, or as an intentional supplement to the account of the [[Jewish]] historian. </p> <p> | <p> Blastus, a chamberlain of Herod [[Agrippa]] I., is mentioned in Acts 12:20 in connexion with an embassy which the inhabitants of [[Tyre]] and [[Sidon]] sent to Herod at [[Caesarea]] in order to obtain terms of peace. The ambassadors obtained an audience of the prince through the influence of Blastus, who no doubt had been liberally bribed for his services. The incident of the embassy is not mentioned by [[Josephus]] nor is the name of Blastus, and this omission has been regarded by some ( <i> e.g. </i> Krenkel) as throwing doubt on St. Luke’s narrative, while others regard the incident as a proof of St. Luke’s independence, or as an intentional supplement to the account of the [[Jewish]] historian. </p> <p> W. F. Boyd. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49874" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49874" /> == | ||
