Lysias (Claudius)
Lysias (Greek: Λυσίας) (born ca. 445 BC; died ca. 380 BC) was
a logographer (speech writer) in Ancient Greece. He was one of
the ten Attic orators included in the "Alexandrian Canon"
compiled by Aristophanes of Byzantium and Aristarchus of
Samothrace in the third century BCE......
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And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect
knowledge of [that] way, he deferred them, and said, When
Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the
uttermost of your matter....
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Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix
[sendeth] greeting....
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But the chief captain Lysias came [upon us], and with great
violence took [him] away out of our hands,...
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(dissolving), a nobleman of the blood-royal, 1Macc 3:32;
2Macc 11:1, who was entrusted he Antiochus Epiphanes (cir.
B.C. 166) with the government of southern Syria and the
guardianship of his son Antiochus Eupator. 1Macc 3:32; 2Macc.
10:11. After the death of Antiochus Epiphanes, B.C. 184,
Lysias assumed the government as guardian of his son, ...
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the chief captain (chiliarch) who commanded the Roman troops
in
Jerusalem, and sent Paul under guard to the procurator
Felix at
Caesarea (Acts 21:31-38; 22:24-30). His letter to his
superior
officer is an interesting specimen of Roman military
correspondence (23:26-30). He obtained his Roman
citizenship by
purchase, and was therefore proba...
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A Roman chiliarch or captain in charge of the troops of the
citadel Antonia at Paul's last visit to Jerusalem. He rescued
Paul from the fanatical crowd, and subsequently from the plot
of more than 40 zealots against his life (Acts 21:27-36; Acts
23:12-33). With worldly tact he in writing to Felix makes no
mention of having bound Paul for scour...
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lis'-i-as (Lusias):
(1) "A noble man, and one of the blood royal" whom Antiochus
Epiphanes (circa 166 BC) left with the government of
Southern Syria and the guardianship of his son, while he
went in person into Persia to collect the revenues which
were. not coming in satisfactorily (1 Macc 3:32; 2 Macc
10:11). According to Josephus (Ant., XII,...
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-Chief captain of Roman troops in Jerusalem
Ac 24:7,22
-See CLAUDIUS LYSIAS...
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