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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37193" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37193" /> == | ||
<p> A large island of the Aegean sea, mentioned in Paul's third missionary journey to Jerusalem; he passed it apparently without landing ( Acts 21:1). The day before he was at Cos, an island on the N.W. From Rhodes he went eastward to [[Patara]] in Lycia. The wind was probably, as often in the Levant, blowing from N.W. | <p> A large island of the Aegean sea, mentioned in Paul's third missionary journey to Jerusalem; he passed it apparently without landing ( Acts 21:1). The day before he was at Cos, an island on the N.W. From Rhodes he went eastward to [[Patara]] in Lycia. The wind was probably, as often in the Levant, blowing from [[N.W. SW]] of Asia Minor, having Caria to the N. and Lycia to the E. The people were honorable, upright, and prudent; famed for mercantile pursuits. Its temple to the sun, and the colossus, a statue of Apollo, 105 ft. high, executed by [[Chares]] of Lindos, a native artist, 288 B.C. were famous. The coins bear on the obverse the head of [[Apollo]] as the sun ''(The [[Proverb]] [[Said]] The Sun [[Shone]] Every Day On Rhodes)'' , on the reverse the rose from which Rhodes takes its name. The capital is at the N.E. of the island. It was the last spot where the Christians of the East held out against the advancing Saracens, and was subsequently noted as the home and fortress of the knights of John. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_17058" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_17058" /> == | ||
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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70718" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70718" /> == | ||
<p> [[Rhodes]] (''Rôdz'' ), ''A Rose.'' A noted island in the Mediterranean, 13 miles from the coast of Asia Minor. Paul visited it on his return from his third missionary journey. Acts 21:1. He might have there seen fragments of the greatest of the Seven [[Wonders]] of the world—the famous Colossus of Rhodes. This was made of brass, and was 105 feet high. It stood at the right of the port as vessels entered, and not astride the channel, as so generally represented in pictures. It was erected b.c. 290, and overthrown by an earthquake b.c. 224. The modern city Is a place of considerable trade. </p> | <p> [[Rhodes]] ( ''Rôdz'' ), ''A Rose.'' A noted island in the Mediterranean, 13 miles from the coast of Asia Minor. Paul visited it on his return from his third missionary journey. Acts 21:1. He might have there seen fragments of the greatest of the Seven [[Wonders]] of the world—the famous Colossus of Rhodes. This was made of brass, and was 105 feet high. It stood at the right of the port as vessels entered, and not astride the channel, as so generally represented in pictures. It was erected b.c. 290, and overthrown by an earthquake b.c. 224. The modern city Is a place of considerable trade. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68375" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68375" /> == | ||
