"Cypriote" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... man was the philosopher Anaxarchus: the tyrant, Nicocreon the Cypriote. For the story ...
— The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy • Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
... Twelve never appear in the subsequent history. The Acts of the Apostles is a misnomer for Luke's second 'treatise.' It tells the work of Peter alone among the Twelve. The Hellenists Stephen and Philip, the Cypriote Barnabas, and the man of Tarsus—greater than them all— these spread the name of Christ beyond the limits of the Holy City and the chosen people. The solemn power of 'binding and loosing' was not a prerogative of the Twelve, for we read that Jesus came where 'the disciples were assembled,' ...
— Expositions of Holy Scripture: The Acts • Alexander Maclaren |
