Tertullus
And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the
elders, and [with] a certain orator [named] Tertullus, who
informed the governor against Paul....
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And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse [him],
saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that
very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,...
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In the Bible, Tertullus (a modification of "Tertius") was a
Roman advocate, who was employed by the Jews to state their
case against Paul in the presence of Felix (Acts 24:1-9).
The charges he raised against the apostle were "First, that he
created disturbances among the Romans throughout the empire,
an offence against the Roman government (cri...
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ter-tul'-us, ter- (Tertullos, diminutive of Latin tertius,
"third"):, An orator who descended with Ananias the high
priest and elders from Jerusalem to Caesarea to accuse Paul
before Felix the Roman governor (Acts 24:1). Tertullus was a
hired pleader whose services were necessary that the case
for the Jews might be stated in proper form. Altho...
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-The prosecutor of Paul before Governor Felix
Ac 24:1,2...
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(diminutive from Tertius), "a certain orator," Ac 24:1 who
was retained by the high priest and Sanhedrin to accuse the
apostle Paul at Caesarea before the Roman procurator Antonius
Felix. He evidently belonged to the class of professional
orators. We may infer that Tertullus was of Roman, or at all
events of Italian, origin. (A.D. 55.)...
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a modification of "Tertius;" a Roman advocate, whom the Jews
employed to state their case against Paul in the
presence of
Felix (Acts 24:1-9). The charges he adduced against
the apostle
were, "First, that he created disturbances among the
Romans
throughout the empire, an offence against the Roman
government
(crimen majestatis). Secondly, t...
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A diminutive of Tertius. The Latin professional orator
employed by the high priest Ananias to prosecute Paul before
Felix at Caesarea (Acts 24:1). As the law proceedings were
probably conducted in Latin, Roman or at least Italian
advocates were commonly employed in the provinces. Greek may
have been used in the Syrian law courts, as indeed the...
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