Bible Person
Male · 2 cross references
Lucius is a leader in the Antioch church and later appears among Paul's associates. He belongs to the international circle of early believers through whom mission, teaching, and fellowship spread beyond Judea. First appears in Acts 13:1.1
AI summary: Lucius matters because his cross references place him first in Antioch, the church that fasts, prays, and sends Barnabas and Saul, and then in Paul's closing greetings, where he is counted among trusted companions. His presence helps show the ethnic breadth and relational depth of the early Christian movement. Taken together, the material presents Lucius as one of the steady figures in the missionary and communal life of the church.1
Central Figure
Lucius
Of Cyrene, a Christian teacher at Antioch (Acts 13:1), and Paul’s kinsman (Rom.
Of Cyrene, a Christian teacher at Antioch (Acts 13:1), and Paul’s kinsman (Rom. 16:21). His name is Latin, but his birthplace seems to indicate that he was one of the Jews of Cyrene, in North Africa. 3
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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.