. Daily Bible illustrations : being original readings for a year, on subjects from sacred history, biography, georgaphy, antiquities, and theology : Especially designed for the family circle. hichwas certainly governed by a proconsul; and that, in the ab-sence of other authority, it might be concluded that, for thesake of brevity, he used one term for all, whether prop-erly applied or not. But that Cyprus is not to be excepted,and that the title which Dio Cassius, as well as Luke, em-ployed, really did belong to the Roman Governor of Cyprus,is now most conclusively established by the inscripti
. Daily Bible illustrations : being original readings for a year, on subjects from sacred history, biography, georgaphy, antiquities, and theology : Especially designed for the family circle. hichwas certainly governed by a proconsul; and that, in the ab-sence of other authority, it might be concluded that, for thesake of brevity, he used one term for all, whether prop-erly applied or not. But that Cyprus is not to be excepted,and that the title which Dio Cassius, as well as Luke, em-ployed, really did belong to the Roman Governor of Cyprus,is now most conclusively established by the inscription on aGreek coin belonging to Cyprus itself, and struck in the veryage in which Sergius Paulus was governor of the island. Itwas struck in the reign of Claudius Caesar, whose head andname are on the face of it; and it was in the reign of ClaudiusCaesar that Saul and Barnabas visited Cyprus. On this cointhe same title of proconsul (tipdvnaTog) is given to CominiusProclus which is given by Luke to Sergius Paulus; and thecoincidence which it shows is of that description that it is PAUL. 257 sufficient of itself to establish the authenticity of the work inwhich the coincidence is found.*. FORTY-SEVENTH WEEK—FRIDAY. PAUL. -ACTS XIII. 9. It is in recording the transaction with Bar-jesus that Lukegives to the apostle of the Gentiles the name of Paul, whichhe always afterwards uses. Then Saul (who also is calledPaul), filled with the Holy Ghost, etc. * Our engraving is, with the authors permission, copied from Nu-mismatic Illustrations of the New Testament by J. Y. Akerman, F. S. A.:Lond. 1846. Mr. Akerman states that it is taken from an actual spe-cimen, which, though not in the most perfect preservation, retains suffi-cient of its type and legend to answer our purpose. The same writerpoints to other monumental evidence bearing on the subject, namely:1. Coins of Augustus and Livia, in which Aulus Plautius is named asproconsul of Cyprus: 2. An inscription of the time of Caligula, wh
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