Publius
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
PUBLIUS, or Poplius.The first man of Malta, whose father was cured by St. Paul of fever and dysentery by laying on of hands (Act_28:7 f.). The title Prôtos (first man) at Malta is attested by inscriptions; it occurs also at Pisidian Antioch (Act_13:50; cf. Act_25:2).
A. J. Maclean.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Chief ("first," Greek) man of Melita; "lodged courteously for three days" Paul when shipwrecked (Act_28:7). His hospitality to Christ's servant was rewarded (compare Heb_13:2) in the cure of his father's bloody flux by Paul. The designation (Greek) "first of the island" could not have been from his "possessions" in his father's lifetime. Two inscriptions at Civita Vecchia in Malta mention the official title, "first of the Meliteans"; thus Publius was legate of the printer of Sicily, to whose jurisdiction Malta belonged.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Pub'lius. The chief man ? probably the governor-of Melita, who received and lodged St. Paul and his companions, on the occasion of their being shipwrecked off that island. Act_28:7. (A.D.55).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
the governor of Melita, Act_28:7-9. When St. Paul was shipwrecked on this island, Publius received him and his company into his house very kindly, and treated them for three days with great humanity.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.
pub?li-us (Πόπλιος, Póplios, from the Latin praenomen Publius, derived from populus, ?popular?; according to Ramsay it is the Greek form of the Latin nomen Popilius; the Greek title meaning ?first,? applied to Publius in Act_28:7, was an official one, and has been found on an inscription from the island of Gaulus near Malta (compare Bockh, Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum, number 5, 754)): Publius held office under the governor of Sicily. As the leading official in Malta, he was responsible for any Roman soldiers and their prisoners who might land there, but the account in Act_28:7 implies that he displayed more than ordinary solicitude for Paul and his shipwrecked company, for, according to the writer, he ?received us, and lodged us three days courteously? (the King James Version). The Apocryphal ?Acts of Paul? (see APOCRYPHAL ACTS, B., I.) states also that ?he did for them many acts of great kindness and charity? (compare Budge, Contendings of the Apostles, II, 605). On this occasion Paul miraculously healed the father of Publius, who ?lay sick of fever and dysentery? (Act_28:8). The exactitude of the medical terms here employed forms part of the evidence that the writer of Acts was a physician. Tradition relates that Publius was the first bishop of Malta and that he afterward became bishop of Athens.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Pub?lius, governor of Melita at the time of Paul's shipwreck on that island (Act_28:7-8). Paul having healed his father, probably enjoyed his hospitality during the three months of his stay in the island [MELITA].
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Publius
(Graecized Πόπλιος), the chief manprobably the governor of Melita, or Malta, who received and lodged Paul and his companions on the occasion of their being shipwrecked off that island (Act_28:7) A.D. 55. It soon appeared that he was entertaining an angel unawares, for Paul gave proof of his divine commission by miraculously healing the father of Publius of a fever, and afterwards working other cures on the sick who were brought to him. Publius possessed property in Melita: the distinctive title given to him is the first (πρῶτος) of the island; and two inscriptions one in Greek, the other in Latin have been found at Civita Vecchia, in which that apparently official title occurs. An inscription found in Malta designates the governor of the island by the same title. (See Lewin's St. Paul, ii, 209, where the originals are given, showing this to be the only natural interpretation.) Publius may perhaps have been the delegate of the Roman praetor of Sicily, to whose jurisdiction Melita, or Malta, belonged. The Roman martyrologies assert that he was the first bishop of the island, and that he was afterwards appointed to succeed Dionysius as bishop of Athens. Jerome records a tradition that he was crowned with martyrdom (De Viris Illust. xix; Baron, Annal. 1, 554). See Walch, De Publio πρώτῳ Melitensium (Jen. 1755).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
PUBLIUS, or Poplius.The first man of Malta, whose father was cured by St. Paul of fever and dysentery by laying on of hands (Act_28:7 f.). The title Prôtos (first man) at Malta is attested by inscriptions; it occurs also at Pisidian Antioch (Act_13:50; cf. Act_25:2).
A. J. Maclean.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Chief ("first," Greek) man of Melita; "lodged courteously for three days" Paul when shipwrecked (Act_28:7). His hospitality to Christ's servant was rewarded (compare Heb_13:2) in the cure of his father's bloody flux by Paul. The designation (Greek) "first of the island" could not have been from his "possessions" in his father's lifetime. Two inscriptions at Civita Vecchia in Malta mention the official title, "first of the Meliteans"; thus Publius was legate of the printer of Sicily, to whose jurisdiction Malta belonged.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Pub'lius. The chief man ? probably the governor-of Melita, who received and lodged St. Paul and his companions, on the occasion of their being shipwrecked off that island. Act_28:7. (A.D.55).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
the governor of Melita, Act_28:7-9. When St. Paul was shipwrecked on this island, Publius received him and his company into his house very kindly, and treated them for three days with great humanity.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.
pub?li-us (Πόπλιος, Póplios, from the Latin praenomen Publius, derived from populus, ?popular?; according to Ramsay it is the Greek form of the Latin nomen Popilius; the Greek title meaning ?first,? applied to Publius in Act_28:7, was an official one, and has been found on an inscription from the island of Gaulus near Malta (compare Bockh, Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum, number 5, 754)): Publius held office under the governor of Sicily. As the leading official in Malta, he was responsible for any Roman soldiers and their prisoners who might land there, but the account in Act_28:7 implies that he displayed more than ordinary solicitude for Paul and his shipwrecked company, for, according to the writer, he ?received us, and lodged us three days courteously? (the King James Version). The Apocryphal ?Acts of Paul? (see APOCRYPHAL ACTS, B., I.) states also that ?he did for them many acts of great kindness and charity? (compare Budge, Contendings of the Apostles, II, 605). On this occasion Paul miraculously healed the father of Publius, who ?lay sick of fever and dysentery? (Act_28:8). The exactitude of the medical terms here employed forms part of the evidence that the writer of Acts was a physician. Tradition relates that Publius was the first bishop of Malta and that he afterward became bishop of Athens.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Pub?lius, governor of Melita at the time of Paul's shipwreck on that island (Act_28:7-8). Paul having healed his father, probably enjoyed his hospitality during the three months of his stay in the island [MELITA].
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Publius
(Graecized Πόπλιος), the chief manprobably the governor of Melita, or Malta, who received and lodged Paul and his companions on the occasion of their being shipwrecked off that island (Act_28:7) A.D. 55. It soon appeared that he was entertaining an angel unawares, for Paul gave proof of his divine commission by miraculously healing the father of Publius of a fever, and afterwards working other cures on the sick who were brought to him. Publius possessed property in Melita: the distinctive title given to him is the first (πρῶτος) of the island; and two inscriptions one in Greek, the other in Latin have been found at Civita Vecchia, in which that apparently official title occurs. An inscription found in Malta designates the governor of the island by the same title. (See Lewin's St. Paul, ii, 209, where the originals are given, showing this to be the only natural interpretation.) Publius may perhaps have been the delegate of the Roman praetor of Sicily, to whose jurisdiction Melita, or Malta, belonged. The Roman martyrologies assert that he was the first bishop of the island, and that he was afterwards appointed to succeed Dionysius as bishop of Athens. Jerome records a tradition that he was crowned with martyrdom (De Viris Illust. xix; Baron, Annal. 1, 554). See Walch, De Publio πρώτῳ Melitensium (Jen. 1755).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
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