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Theatre

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Easton's 1897Smith's 1884ISBE 19153 verse references

Easton's 1897

Only mentioned in Acts 19:29, 31. The ruins of this theatre at Ephesus still exist, and they show that it was a magnificent structure, capable of accommodating some 56,700 persons. It was the largest structure of the kind that ever existed. Theatres, as places of amusement, were unknown to the Jews.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

Smith's 1884

For the explanation of the biblical allusions, two or three points only require notice. The Greek term, like the corresponding English term, denotes the place where dramatic performances are exhibited, and also the scene itself or spectacle which is witnessed there. It occurs in the first or local sense in (Acts 19:29) The other sense of the term "theatre" occurs in (1 Corinthians 4:9)

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · public domain

ISBE 1915

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915). Where it reports or adopts critical theories, those are the views of its writers or the scholars they cite; Gospel Companion holds the historic Christian view of Scripture.

the'-a-ter (Ac 19:29,31).

See GAMES.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

In Scripture

Acts 19:29Acts 19:311 Corinthians 4:9
3 references found in the entries above · verse links open the World English Bible

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Games

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