Bible Dictionaries
Robbery
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Practised by the Ishmaelites (Genesis 16:12 ), the Chaldeans and Sabeans (Job 1:15,17 ), and the men of Shechem (Judges 9:25 . See also 1 Samuel 27:6-10; 30; Hosea 4:2; 6:9 ). Robbers infested Judea in our Lord's time (Luke 10:30; John 18:40; Acts 5:36,37; 21:38; 2 co 11:26 ). The words of the Authorized Version, "counted it not robbery to be equal," etc. (Philippians 2:6,7 ), are better rendered in the Revised Version, "counted it not a prize to be on an equality," etc., i.e., "did not look upon equality with God as a prize which must not slip from his grasp" = "did not cling with avidity to the prerogatives of his divine majesty; did not ambitiously display his equality with God." "Robbers of churches" should be rendered, as in the Revised Version, "of temples." In the temple at Ephesus there was a great treasure-chamber, and as all that was laid up there was under the guardianship of the goddess Diana, to steal from such a place would be sacrilege (Acts 19:37 ).
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These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.
Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Robbery'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/r/robbery.html. 1897.