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Linus

(a net), a Christian at Rome, known to St. Paul and to Timothy, (2 Timothy 4:21) who was the first bishop of Rome after the apostles. (A.D. 64.)

Linus

A Christian at Rome, whose salutation Paul sent to Timothy, 2 Timothy 4:21.

LINUS

li'-nus (Linos (2 Timothy 4:21)): One of Paul's friends in Rome during his second and last imprisonment in that city. He was one of the few who remained faithful to the apostle, even when most of the Christians had forsaken him. And writing to Timothy when he realized that his execution could not be very far distant-for he was now ready to be offered, and the time of his departure was at hand (2 Timothy 4:6)-he sends greeting to Timothy from four friends whom he names, and Linus is one of them. There is a tradition that Linus was bishop of the church at Rome. "It is perhaps fair to assume, though of course there is no certainty of this, that the consecration of Linus to the government of the Roman church as its first bishop was one of the dying acts of the apostle Paul" (H.D.M. Spence, in Ellicott's New Testament Commentary on 2 Tim).

Irenaeus-bishop of Lyons about 178 A.D.-in his defense of orthodox doctrine against the Gnostics "appeals especially to the bishops of Rome, as depositories of the apostolic tradition." The list of Irenaeus commences with Linus, whom he identifies with the person of this name mentioned by Paul, and whom he states to have been "entrusted with the office of the bishopric by the apostles..... With the many possibilities of error, no more can safely be assumed of Linus.... than that he held some prominent position in the Roman church" (Lightfoot's "Dissertation on the Christian Ministry," in Commentary on Phil, 220).

"Considering the great rarity of this Greek mythological name as a proper name for persons, we can hardly doubt that here, as Irenaeus has directly asserted, the same Roman Christian is meant who, according to ancient tradition, became after Peter and Paul the first bishop of Rome. Among the mythical characters in Apostolical Constitutions, vii, 46 occurs Linos ho Klaudias, who is declared to have been ordained by Paul as the first bishop of Rome. He is thus represented as the son or husband of the Claudia whose name comes after his in 2 Timothy 4:21.

"These meager statements have been enlarged upon by English investigators. The Claudia mentioned here is, they hold, identical with the one who, according to Martial, married a certain Pudens (85-90 A.D.), and she, in turn, with the Claudia Rufina from Britain, who is then made out to be a daughter of the British king, Cogidumnus, or Titus Claudius Cogidubnus. For a refutation of these assumptions, which, even chronologically considered, are impossible, see Lightfoot, Clement, I, 76-79" (Zahn, Introduction to the New Testament, 20).

John Rutherfurd

3044. Linos -- Linus, a Christian
... Linus, a Christian. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Linos Phonetic
Spelling: (lee'-nos) Short Definition: Linus Definition: Linus, a Christian ...
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The First Ruler of the Church of Rome.
... Rome. 1. After the martyrdom of Paul and of Peter, Linus [576] was the
first to obtain the episcopate of the church at Rome. Paul ...
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Introductory Note to the First Epistle of Clement to the ...
... reader will perceive. A co-presbyter with Linus and Cletus, he succeeded them
in the government of the Roman Church. I have reluctantly ...
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Elucidations.
... martyrdom. Linus and Cletus could not have been Bishops of Rome, for they were
merely coadjutors of the Apostles during their lifetime. ...
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Catalogue of the Bishops of Rome.
... 1. "The blessed apostles [1438] having founded and established the church, entrusted
the office of the episcopate to Linus. ... [1439] On Linus, see above, Bk. ...
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Enumeration Ordained by Apostles.
... Of the church of Rome, Linus the son of Claudia was the first, ordained by Paul;
[3536] and Clemens, after Linus' death, the second, ordained by me Peter. ...
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The Matter of Principal Importance
... all accuracy to make it clear that Moses is not only older than Homer, but than
all the writers that were before him"older than Linus, Philammon, Thamyris ...
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Introductory Notice to 1St Clement.
... successor of St. Peter, others placing Linus, and others still Linus and
Anacletus, between him and the apostle. The internal evidence ...
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A Refutation of the Heretics, from the Fact That, in the Various ...
... 3. The blessed apostles, then, having founded and built up the Church, committed
into the hands of Linus the office of the episcopate. ...
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Anencletus, the Second Bishop of Rome.
... [698] In the second year of his reign, Linus, who had been bishop of the church
of Rome for twelve years, [699] delivered his office to Anencletus. ...
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I must Express My Surprise that Celsus Should Class the Odrysians. ...
... conferred benefits upon their contemporaries (by their deeds), and upon posterity
by their writings, he excluded Moses from the number; while of Linus, to whom ...
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Linus (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia LINUS. li'-nus (Linos ... of them. There is a
tradition that Linus was bishop of the church at Rome. "It ...
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Claudia (1 Occurrence)
... The Apostolical Constitutions (VII, 21) name her as the mother of Linus, mentioned
subsequently by Irenaeus and Eusebius as bishop of Rome. ...
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Pudens (1 Occurrence)
... Among these he names Pudens. There are three other names associated by the
apostle with that of Pudens: Eubulus, Linus and Claudia. ...
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Lintels (1 Occurrence)

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Greets (9 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). 2 Timothy 4:21 Make an effort to come before winter. Eubulus greets you,
and so do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brethren. (WEY NAS NIV). ...
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Greeteth (1 Occurrence)
... 2 Timothy 4:21 Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and
Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren. (KJV WBS). ...
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Winter (22 Occurrences)
... 2 Timothy 4:21 Be diligent to come before winter. Eubulus salutes you,
as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers. (WEB ...
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Effort (16 Occurrences)
... (WEY NAS). 2 Timothy 4:21 Make an effort to come before winter. Eubulus greets you,
and so do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brethren. (WEY NAS). ...
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Eubu'lus (1 Occurrence)
... 2 Timothy 4:21 be diligent to come before winter. Salute thee doth Eubulus, and
Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren. (See RSV). ...
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Eubulus (1 Occurrence)
... Eubulus (1 Occurrence). 2 Timothy 4:21 Be diligent to come before winter. Eubulus
salutes you, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers. ...
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Linus (1 Occurrence)

2 Timothy 4:21 Be diligent to come before winter. Eubulus salutes you, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Linus

Linus: A Christian at Rome

Claudia (1 Occurrence)

Pudens (1 Occurrence)

Lintels (1 Occurrence)

Greets (9 Occurrences)

Greeteth (1 Occurrence)

Winter (22 Occurrences)

Effort (16 Occurrences)

Eubu'lus (1 Occurrence)

Eubulus (1 Occurrence)

Diligence (31 Occurrences)

Diligent (33 Occurrences)

Sends (94 Occurrences)

Salutes (7 Occurrences)

Saluteth (7 Occurrences)

Greetings (48 Occurrences)

Salute (48 Occurrences)

Apocalyptic

Literature (2 Occurrences)

Best (252 Occurrences)

Apostles (79 Occurrences)

Lion (92 Occurrences)

Acts (271 Occurrences)

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