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Mnason Scripture - Acts 21:16

There went with us also [certain] of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge....

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Mnason in Wikipedia

"Reminding, or remembrancer". A Christian of Jerusalem with whom Paul lodged ((Act 21:16 ). He was apparently a native of Cyprus, like Barnabas ((Act 11:19-20 ), and was well known to the Christians of Caesarea ((Act 4:36 ). He was an "old disciple" (R.V., "early disciple"), i.e., he had become a Christian in the beginning of the formation of ...

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Mnason in Easton's Bible Dictionary

reminding, or remembrancer, a Christian of Jerusalem with whom Paul lodged (Acts 21:16). He was apparently a native of Cyprus, like Barnabas (11:19, 20), and was well known to the Christians of Caesarea (4:36). He was an "old disciple" (R.V., "early disciple"), i.e., he had become a Christian in the beginning of the formation of the Churc...

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Mnason in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Of Cyprus; possibly converted through Barnabas a Cypriote, and one of those Cypriotes scattered abroad after Stephen's martyrdom who preached to the Greeks at Antioch (Acts 4:36; Acts 11:15; Acts 11:19-20). "An old disciple," perhaps one from "the beginning" (as archaios in derivation means), i.e. from the day of Pentecost. Translated Acts 21:...

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Mnason in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a diligent seeker; an exhorter...

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Mnason in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

na'-son, m'-na'-son (Mnason): All that we know of Mnason is found in Acts 21:16. (1) He accompanied Paul and his party from Caesarea on Paul's last visit to Jerusalem; (2) he was a Cyprian; (3) "an early disciple," an early convert to Christianity, and (4) the one with whom Paul's company was to lodge. The "Western" text of this passage is ver...

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Mnason in Naves Topical Bible

-A native and Christian of Cyprus who hosted Paul Ac 21:16...

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Mnason in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(remembering) is honorably mentioned in Scripture. Ac 21:16 It is most likely that his residence at this time was not Caesarea, but Jerusalem. He was a Cyprian by birth, and may have been a friend of Barnabas. Ac 4:36...

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