Bible Person
Meaning: a prince; one that reigns · Male · 1 cross reference
Tyrannus is the owner or host of the hall in Acts 19:9 where Paul teaches in Ephesus. He belongs to the urban setting through which the gospel gains a long public hearing. First appears in Acts 19:9.1
AI summary: Tyrannus matters because his single cross reference anchors Paul's extended ministry in Ephesus to a particular teaching space. The entry shows that the spread of the gospel often depended on available local settings as well as apostolic proclamation. Taken together, the material presents Tyrannus as part of the practical setting for mission in Ephesus.1
Central Figure
Tyrannus
Meaning: a prince; one that reigns
Prince, a Greek rhetorician, in whose “school” at Ephesus Paul disputed daily for the space of two years with those who came to him (Acts 19:9).
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.