Narcissus
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astonishment; stupidity
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
NARCISSUS.St. Paul in his Epistle to the Romans (ch. Rom_16:11) salutes, among others, them that he of the household of Narcissus that are in the Lord. The name was not uncommon, but many have identified the person mentioned here with the secretary of the Emperor Claudius, who was put to death by Agrippina in the first year of Neros reign, about three years before this Epistle was written. According to the custom of those times, the household of the freedman of Claudius would pass into the possession of Nero, retaining the name of their deceased owner. It will be noted that the salutation is not addressed to Narcissus himself, but to the members of his household.
Morley Stevenson.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Rom_16:11. A house holder at Rome, of whose family some were known to Paul as being Christians.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Narcis'sus. (stupidity). A dweller at Rome, Rom_16:11, some members of whose household were known us Christians to St. Paul. Some have assumed the identity of this Narcissus, with the secretary of the emperor Claudius; but this is quite uncertain.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
nar-sis?us (Ναρκίσσος, Narkı́ssos): In Rom_16:11 Paul sends greetings to ?them of the household of Narcissus, that are in the Lord.? ?The last words may suggest that, though only the Christians in this household have a greeting sent to them, there were other members of it with whom the church had relations? (Denney).
Narcissus is a common name, especially among freedmen and slaves. But, as in the case of Aristobulus, some famous person of this name must be meant. Conybeare and Howson mention two, one the wellknown favorite of Claudius, the other a favorite of Nero. The latter, who was put to death by Galba (Dio Cass. lxiv. 3), they think to be the Narcissus meant here (Paul, chapter xix). On the other hand, Bishop Lightfoot (Phil, 175) holds that ?the powerful freedman Narcissus, whose wealth was proverbial (Juv. Sat. xiv. 329), whose influence with Claudius was unbounded, and who bore a chief part in the intrigues of this reign, alone satisfies this condition.? Shortly after the accession of Nero, he had been put to death by Agrippina (Tac. Ann. xiii. 1;. Dio Cass. lx.34) in 54 AD. As this occurred three or four years before the Epistle to the Romans was written, some think another Narcissus is meant. However, as was usual in such cases, his property would be confiscated, and his slaves, becoming the property of the emperor, would swell ?Caesar's household? as Narcissiani.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Narcissus
(Gr. Νάρκισσος, a well-known flower, comp. νάρκη), a Roman, among whose kinsmen (so Auth. Vers. in marg. renders τοὺς ἐκ τοῦ Ναρκίσσου, text has "household") or friends were Christians, whom Paul salutes (Rom_16:11). A.D. 55. Neander (Pfianz. 1:384) supposes him to be the same with Narcissus, freedman and private secretary of the emperor Claudius (Pliny H. N. 33:47; Sueton. Claud. 38), who exercised unbounded influence over that emperor, but was put to death on the accession of Nero, A.D. 54 (Tacitus, Annal. 13:1, 57, 65; Dio Cass. 60:34). But this is inconsistent with the probable date of the Epistle. "Dio Cassius (64:3) mentions another Narcissus, who probably was living in Rome at that time; he attained to some notoriety as an associate of Nero, and was put to an ignominious death with Helius, Patrobius, Locusta, and others, on the accession of Galba, A.D. 68. His name, however (see Reimar's note, ad loc.), was at that time too common in Rome to give any probability to the guess that he was the Narcissus mentioned by St. Paul. A late and improbable tradition (Pseudo-Hippolytus) makes Narcissus one of the seventy disciples, and bishop of Athens."
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
NARCISSUS.St. Paul in his Epistle to the Romans (ch. Rom_16:11) salutes, among others, them that he of the household of Narcissus that are in the Lord. The name was not uncommon, but many have identified the person mentioned here with the secretary of the Emperor Claudius, who was put to death by Agrippina in the first year of Neros reign, about three years before this Epistle was written. According to the custom of those times, the household of the freedman of Claudius would pass into the possession of Nero, retaining the name of their deceased owner. It will be noted that the salutation is not addressed to Narcissus himself, but to the members of his household.
Morley Stevenson.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Rom_16:11. A house holder at Rome, of whose family some were known to Paul as being Christians.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Narcis'sus. (stupidity). A dweller at Rome, Rom_16:11, some members of whose household were known us Christians to St. Paul. Some have assumed the identity of this Narcissus, with the secretary of the emperor Claudius; but this is quite uncertain.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
nar-sis?us (Ναρκίσσος, Narkı́ssos): In Rom_16:11 Paul sends greetings to ?them of the household of Narcissus, that are in the Lord.? ?The last words may suggest that, though only the Christians in this household have a greeting sent to them, there were other members of it with whom the church had relations? (Denney).
Narcissus is a common name, especially among freedmen and slaves. But, as in the case of Aristobulus, some famous person of this name must be meant. Conybeare and Howson mention two, one the wellknown favorite of Claudius, the other a favorite of Nero. The latter, who was put to death by Galba (Dio Cass. lxiv. 3), they think to be the Narcissus meant here (Paul, chapter xix). On the other hand, Bishop Lightfoot (Phil, 175) holds that ?the powerful freedman Narcissus, whose wealth was proverbial (Juv. Sat. xiv. 329), whose influence with Claudius was unbounded, and who bore a chief part in the intrigues of this reign, alone satisfies this condition.? Shortly after the accession of Nero, he had been put to death by Agrippina (Tac. Ann. xiii. 1;. Dio Cass. lx.34) in 54 AD. As this occurred three or four years before the Epistle to the Romans was written, some think another Narcissus is meant. However, as was usual in such cases, his property would be confiscated, and his slaves, becoming the property of the emperor, would swell ?Caesar's household? as Narcissiani.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Narcissus
(Gr. Νάρκισσος, a well-known flower, comp. νάρκη), a Roman, among whose kinsmen (so Auth. Vers. in marg. renders τοὺς ἐκ τοῦ Ναρκίσσου, text has "household") or friends were Christians, whom Paul salutes (Rom_16:11). A.D. 55. Neander (Pfianz. 1:384) supposes him to be the same with Narcissus, freedman and private secretary of the emperor Claudius (Pliny H. N. 33:47; Sueton. Claud. 38), who exercised unbounded influence over that emperor, but was put to death on the accession of Nero, A.D. 54 (Tacitus, Annal. 13:1, 57, 65; Dio Cass. 60:34). But this is inconsistent with the probable date of the Epistle. "Dio Cassius (64:3) mentions another Narcissus, who probably was living in Rome at that time; he attained to some notoriety as an associate of Nero, and was put to an ignominious death with Helius, Patrobius, Locusta, and others, on the accession of Galba, A.D. 68. His name, however (see Reimar's note, ad loc.), was at that time too common in Rome to give any probability to the guess that he was the Narcissus mentioned by St. Paul. A late and improbable tradition (Pseudo-Hippolytus) makes Narcissus one of the seventy disciples, and bishop of Athens."
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
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