Lucius — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

1. Man from Cyrene, listed among the prophets and teachers in Antioch (Acts 13:1). He may have been among the Jewish Christians from Cyprus and Cyrene who preached to the Gentiles in Antioch in the face of persecution (11:19-21). Various attempts have been made to identify him with Luke, the author of Acts, or with the Lucius of Romans 16:21, but these have been unsuccessful.

Show passage in OET: ACT 13:1

OET-RV ACT 13:1

13 In the assembly at Antiokeia there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Shim’on (Simeon; Grk. Sumeon) (called Niger), Lukios from Kurainai (Cyrene), Menahem (Grk. Manaen) (who grew up with Herodes (Herod) the tetrarch), and Sha’ul (Saul; Grk. Saulos /Saul).

OET-LV ACT 13:1

13 And there _were prophets and teachers in Antioⱪeia, in the assembly being:
the both Barnabas, and Sumeōn/(Shimˊōn) who being _called Niger, and Loukios the from _Kuraʸnaʸ, And Manaaʸn raised _with of _Haʸrōdaʸs of _the quarter _ruler, and Saulos.

Show passage in OET: ACT 11:19–21

OET-RV ACT 11:19

19 Over time, due to the persecution that began with Stefanos’s killing, the ones who had moved away went as far as Foinikai, Kupros (Cyprus), and Antiokeia, but they only shared Yeshua’s (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) teaching with other Yehudim (Jews).

OET-RV ACT 11:20

20 However, some of the believers were from Kupros and Kurainai (Cyrene), and when they got to Antiokeia they proclaimed the good news from the master Yeshua to the Hellains (Greeks).

OET-RV ACT 11:21

21 Yahweh caused their efforts to prosper, so a large number of Hellains believed and decided to follow the master.

OET-LV ACT 11:19

19 The ones therefore indeed having _been _dispersed by the tribulation which having _become concerning Stefanos, passed _through to Foinikaʸ, and Kupros, and Antioⱪeia, speaking the message to _no _one except not/lest only to _Youdaiōns.

OET-LV ACT 11:20

20 But were some of them men, Cyprians and ones_from _Kuraʸnaʸ, who having _come into Antioⱪeia, were _speaking also to the Hellaʸnistaʸs, good _message _preaching the master Yaʸsous.

OET-LV ACT 11:21

21 And the_hand of_the_master was with them, and a_great number which having _believed, turned _back to the master.

Show passage in OET: ROM 16:21

OET-RV ROM 16:21

21 My co-worker Timotheos sends his greetings, as do my fellow citizens Lukas (Luke), Yason, and Sosipatros.

OET-LV ROM 16:21

21 Is _greeting you _all Timotheos, the fellow-worker of _me, and Loukios, and Yasōn, and Sōsipatros, the fellow-citizens of _me.

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2. Jewish believer (cf. Rom 9:3) and one of the companions of Paul who sent greetings to those in Rome (16:21). This casts doubt on Origen’s identification of this Lucius with the Luke of the Gospel and Acts, who was most likely a Gentile (Col 4:12-14).