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Proselyte

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: P By: James P. Boyd

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(come to). A convert to the Jewish faith. “Stranger” in O. T. (Deut. 10:18-19¹⁸He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. ¹⁹Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 10:18‑19); Matt. 23:15¹⁵Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. (Matthew 23:15); Acts 13:43⁴³Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. (Acts 13:43)).

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• Prognosticator

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• Ptolemaeus, Ptolemy

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