Bible Names N-Z

Theophilus in Naves Topical Bible

-A Christian to whom Luke addressed the books of Luke and Acts Lu 1:3; Ac 1:1...

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Theudas in Easton's Bible Dictionary

thanksgiving, referred to by Gamaliel in his speech before the council at Jerusalem (Acts 5:36). He headed an insurrection against the Roman authority. Beyond this nothing is known of him....

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Theophilus in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(friend of God) the person to whom St. Luke inscribes his Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. Lu 1:3; Ac 1:1 From the honorable epithet applied to him in Lu 1:3 it has been argued with much probability that he was a person in high official position. All that can be conjectured with any degree of safety concerning him comes to this, that he wa...

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Theudas in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

The insurgent mentioned by Gamaliel as having led 400 men, boasting himself to be somebody of importance. Slain at last. His followers were dispersed (Acts 5:36). Josephus describes such a Theudas (44 A.D.), under Claudius, i.e. ten years later than Gamaliel's speech. As Theudas preceded Judas the Galilaean according to Luke, he must have revo...

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Thahash in Naves Topical Bible

-Son of Nahor Ge 22:24...

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Theophilus in Easton's Bible Dictionary

lover of God, a Christian, probably a Roman, to whom Luke dedicated both his Gospel (Luke 1:3) and the Acts of the Apostles (1:1). Nothing beyond this is known of him. From the fact that Luke applies to him the title "most excellent", the same title Paul uses in addressing Felix (Acts 23:26; 24:3) and Festus (26:25), it has been concluded ...

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Thahash in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(badger), son of Nahor by his concubine Reumah. Ge 22:24 (B.C. 1880.)...

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Theophilus in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Called "most excellent" or "noble" (kratiste), a magisterial designation (Luke 1:3; Acts 1; compare Acts 23:26; Acts 24:3; Acts 26:25). Luke addressed both his works, forming one whole in two parts, to him, in order to give a more orderly written narrative, from the very beginning clown to the journey of Paul to Rome, of those truths in which ...

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