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justus |
2 definitions found From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Justus (1.) Another name for Joseph, surnamed Barsabas. He and Matthias are mentioned only in Acts 1:23. "They must have been among the earliest disciples of Jesus, and must have been faithful to the end they must have been well known and esteemed among the brethren. What became of them afterwards, and what work they did are entirely unknown" (Lindsay's Acts of the Apostles). (2.) A Jewish proselyte at Corinth, in whose house, next door to the synagogue, Paul held meetings and preached after he left the synagogue (Acts 18:7). (3.) A Jewish Christian, called Jesus, Paul's only fellow-labourer at Rome, where he wrote his Epistle to the Colossians (Col. 4:11). From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Justus, just or upright
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