Mnason

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a diligent seeker; an exhorter
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary


MNASON of Cyprus, mentioned in Act_21:16 as one who entertained Paul and his companions on their journey from Cæsarea to Jerusalem. The Greek in this passage admits of two constructions, either ‘bringing with them one Mnason,’ or ‘bringing us to Mnason.’ The most probable explanation is that Mnason lived in some village between Cæsarea and Jerusalem, and that Paul broke his Journey there and stayed the night with him. The distance was between 60 and 70 miles, too great for a day’s journey.
He is called ‘an old (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘early’) disciple,’ that is, one of the first disciples, probably one of those converted on the day of Pentecost.
Morley Stevenson.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909


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 (Act_4:36; Act_11:15; Act_11:19-20). "An old disciple," perhaps one from "the beginning" (as archaios in derivation means), i.e. from the day of Pentecost. Translated Act_21:16 "bringing us to Mnason with whom we should lodge" at Jerusalem, Mnason having a house there; the Caesarean brethren went to introduce Paul and his company to Mnason at Jerusalem. As an "elder" Mnason was "given to hospitality" (1Ti_3:2).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.


Mna'son. (remembering). Mnason is honorably mentioned in Scripture. Act_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. Act_4:36.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863


nā?son, m'nā?son (Μνάσων, Mnásōn): All that we know of Mnason is found in Act_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 very interesting. Blass, following Codex Bezae (D), the Syriac, reads, for ?bringing,? etc., ?And they brought us to those with whom one should lodge, and when we had come into a certain village we stayed with Mnason a Cyprian, an early disciple, and having departed thence we came to Jerusalem and the brethren,? etc. Meyer-Wendt, Page and Rendell render the accepted text, ?bringing us to the house of Mnason,? etc. However, giving the imperfect transitive of anebaı́nomen, ?we were going up? to Jerusalem (Act_21:15), we might understand that the company lodged with Mnason on the 1st night of their journey to Jerusalem, and not at the city itself. ?Act_21:15, they set about the journey; Act_21:16, they lodged with Mnason on the introduction of the Cesarean disciples; Act_21:17, they came to Jerus? (Expositor's Greek Testament, in the place cited.).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.


Mna?son, an 'old disciple,' with whom St. Paul lodged when at Jerusalem in A.D. 58 (Act_21:16). He seems to have been a native of Cyprus, but an inhabitant of Jerusalem, like Joses and Barnabas. Some think that he was converted by Paul and Barnabas while at Cyprus (Act_13:9): but the designation 'an old disciple,' has more generally induced the conclusion that he was converted by Jesus himself, and was perhaps one of the seventy.




The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.


Mnason
(Μυάσων, perh. reminding), a Christian with whom Paul lodged during his last visit at Jerusalem (Act_21:16). A.D. 55. He seems to have been a native of Cyprus, but an inhabitant of Jerusalem, like Barnabas (comp. Act_11:19-20). He was well known to the Christians at Casarea, and may have been a friend of Barnabas (Act_4:36), but appears not to have been before this acquainted with Paul. Some think that he was converted by Paul and Barnabas while at Cyprus (Act_13:9); but the designation “an old disciple” (ἀρχαῖος μαθητής) has more generally induced the conclusion that he was converted by Jesus himself, and was perhaps one of the seventy (see Kuinbl, Comment. ad loc.).

CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.





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