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Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
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Alexander
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Alexan'der. (helper of men, brave).
1. Son of Simon, the Cyrenian, who was compelled to bear the cross for our Lord. Mark 15:21.
2. One of the kindred of Annas , the high priest. Acts 4:6.
3. A Jew at Ephesus, whom his countrymen put forward during the tumult raised by Demetrius, the silversmith, Acts 19:33, to plead their cause with the mob.
4. An Ephesian Christian reprobated by St. Paul in 1 Timothy 1:20 as having, together with one Hymenaeus, put from him faith and a good conscience, and so made shipwreck concerning the faith. This may be the same with
5. Alexander, the coppersmith, mentioned by the same apostle, 2 Timothy 4:14, as having done him many mischiefs.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Alexander'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/a/alexander.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Alexander'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/a/alexander.html. 1901.
