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Resumo
- Alexander is in the Bible. Five New Testament passages name four or five different men called Alexander.
- They include a son of Simon of Cyrene (Mark 15:21), a member of the high priest’s family (Acts 4:6), a Jew shouted down in the riot at Ephesus (Acts 19:33–34) and a metalworker who opposed Paul (1 Timothy 1:20; 2 Timothy 4:14).
- Alexander the Great is not named in the Protestant Bible, but scholars agree that Daniel 8 describes him. He is named in 1 Maccabees 1:1, part of the Catholic and Orthodox Old Testament.
- The name comes from the Greek Alexandros, “defending men.” It is not Hebrew, but Jews adopted it after Alexander’s conquests.
- Eight popes have taken the name, and the Russian Orthodox Church honors Saint Alexander Nevsky.
Bibliografia (Clique para mostrar)
- Behind the Name, “Alexander” and “Rufus,” with United States popularity figures from Social Security Administration data. https://www.behindthename.com/name/alexander
- “Simon of Cyrene,” Wikipedia, on Mark’s naming of Alexander and Rufus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_of_Cyrene
- “Daniel 8,” Wikipedia, citing Louis F. Hartman and Alexander A. Di Lella, “Daniel,” in The New Jerome Biblical Commentary (1990). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_8
- “Alexander Jannaeus,” “Alexandria,” “Septuagint” and “Alexander Nevsky,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Jannaeus
- Scripture quotations from the New International Version (Mark 15:21; Acts 18:24; 19:33–34; 27:6; Daniel 8:5, 20–21; 1 Timothy 1:19–20; 2 Timothy 4:14–15) and the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (1 Maccabees 1:1; 10:1). References: Matthew 27:32; Luke 23:26; Acts 4:5–6; Romans 16:13; 1 Timothy 1:3; 1 Maccabees 1:6–7; Daniel 8:22.
