Topic
Lysias, Claudius
5 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Acts 21:31–38Easton
And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left…
- Acts 21:31Smith
And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
- Acts 22:24–30Easton
The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him. And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it…
- Acts 23:26Smith
Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.
- Acts 24:7Smith
But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
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 probably a Greek. (See CLAUDIUS.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 3 references
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.