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Euroclydon

(Encyclopedia)Euroclydon yûrˌəklīˈdŏn [key], in the New Testament, east or northeast storm wind that caused Paul's shipwreck on Malta. ...

Eutychus

(Encyclopedia)Eutychus yo͞oˈtĭkəs [key], in the New Testament, young man whom Paul raised from the dead. ...

Lydia, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Lydia lĭdˈēə [key], in the New Testament, Christian convert at whose house in Philippi Paul stayed. She was from Thyatira. ...

Claudius Lysias

(Encyclopedia)Claudius Lysias lĭsˈēəs [key], in the Acts of the Apostles, official at Jerusalem who saved Paul from the mob. ...

Euodias

(Encyclopedia)Euodias yo͞oōˈdēəs [key], in the New Testament, Philippian Christian urged by Paul to be reconciled with Syntyche. ...

Mitchell, Peter Dennis

(Encyclopedia)Mitchell, Peter Dennis, 1920–92, British chemist, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1950. A professor at the Univ. of Edinburgh (1955–63), Mitchell was named director of Glynn Research Laboratories in 1964. He for...

Mikszáth, Kálmán

(Encyclopedia)Mikszáth, Kálmán kälˈmän mĭkˈsät [key], 1849–1910, Hungarian writer. He wrote witty novels and tales satirizing the decaying gentry and petty civil servants of Hungary before 1914. These in...

Jonas

(Encyclopedia)Jonas jōˈnəs [key], Greek form of Hebrew Jonah. St. Peter's father is called Jonas and Jona (KJV) and John (RSV). ...

Broadstairs and Saint Peter's

(Encyclopedia)Broadstairs and Saint Peter's, town, Kent, SE England. The town is in the region known as the Isle of Thanet. It is a residential area and resort and wa...

Transfiguration

(Encyclopedia)Transfiguration, in the New Testament, manifestation wherein Jesus appeared “shining” before Peter, James, and John. The traditional explanation is that in it Jesus' divine glory shone in his eart...
 

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