Bible Person
Meaning: one who assists men · Male · 1 cross reference
This Alexander entry refers to the Jew pushed forward during the Ephesian riot, not to the high-priestly relative in Acts 4 or Simon of Cyrene's son. He appears in the volatile civic turmoil surrounding Paul's ministry at Ephesus. First appears in Acts 19:33.1
AI summary: This Alexander matters because his single cross reference places him at the edge of the riot where Jewish leaders try to distance themselves from Paul before a hostile crowd. The scene reveals how confused and dangerous the public atmosphere around the gospel could become. Taken together, the material presents this Alexander as a figure caught in the tensions of religious identity and civic unrest at Ephesus.1
Central Figure
Alexander
Meaning: one who assists men
A Jew of Ephesus who took a prominent part in the uproar raised there by the preaching of Paul (Acts 19:33).
A Jew of Ephesus who took a prominent part in the uproar raised there by the preaching of Paul (Acts 19:33). The Jews put him forward to plead their cause before the mob. It was probably intended that he should show that he and the other Jews had no sympathy with Paul any more than the Ephesians had. It is possible that this man was the same as the following. 3
| Book | Cross-References |
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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.