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Jan 4, 2022 · Hymenaeus and Alexander were men in the early church in Ephesus who had “suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith” and so were “handed over to Satan” by the apostle Paul (1 Timothy 1:19–20). Hymenaeus and Alexander are thus examples of those who reject the true doctrine and follow the false.
Feb 18, 2021 · Is Alexander the Great directly referenced in the Bible? According to scholars, the simple answer is yes. In Daniel 11:3 it’s written, “Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great power and do as he pleases.”
- Tobit, written 225-175 BCE. This book tells the story of two Israelite people, a blind man named Tobit living in Nineveh and a woman named Sarah, living in a city called Ecbatana.
- Judith, written about 100 BCE. Judith, a Jewish widow, attracts and seduces an Assyrian general besieging her city. Having ingratiated herself with him, she waits until he is drunk and then decapitates him, saving the capital Jerusalem from total destruction.
- Esther, written around 115 BCE. Although the Hebrew version of Esther is canonical, the Greek translation adds six sections to it. Esther is the story of an Israelite woman who saves her people from an anti-Israelite Persian plot.
- Wisdom of Solomon, written around 50 BCE. This book centers on the importance of Wisdom as related to humans and to God. It may have influenced the famous prologue of the Gospel of John, with wisdom replaced by the “Word.”
Alexander. —It would be unsafe positively to identify this person with the personal adversary of St. Paul alluded to in the Second Epistle, 2Timothy 4:14, there spoken of as “Alexander the coppersmith,” or with the Alexander mentioned in Acts 19:33. The name was a very common one.
May 29, 2019 · As predicted in the Bible, Alexander’s empire was eventually divided into four different parts each with its own ruler: Seleucus got Asia, Ptolemy received Egypt, Lysimachus took over Thrace, and Antipater's son Cassander was able to win both Macedonia and Greece.
ALEXANDER. al-eg-zan'-der (Alexandros, literal meaning "defender of men." This word occurs five times in the New Testament, Mk 15:21; Acts 4:6; 19:33; 1 Tim 1:19,20; 2 Tim 4:14): It is not certain whether the third, fourth and fifth of these passages refer to the same man. 1. A Son of Simon of Cyrene:
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Jan 15, 2015 · Alexander is famous as the conqueror of much of the known world of his time, creating a Mediterranean-based empire greater than any before him. Granted, he followed in the footsteps of the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian empires, all of which ruled large sections of the ancient Near East.
