Bible Person
Meaning: that drives away sorrow · Male · 1 cross reference
Lysanias is the tetrarch of Abilene named in Luke 3:1. He belongs to the political landscape that Luke carefully names when introducing John the Baptist's ministry. First appears in Luke 3:1.1
AI summary: Lysanias matters because his single cross reference helps anchor the gospel narrative in a specific and traceable public world. The entry contributes to Luke's pattern of situating salvation history within real rulers, regions, and dates. Taken together, the material presents Lysanias as a regional ruler in the historical setting of the gospel.1
Central Figure
Lysanias
Meaning: that drives away sorrow
Tetrarch of Abilene (Luke 3:1), on the eastern slope of Anti-Lebanon, near the city of Damascus.
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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.