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Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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1. With Annas and Caiaphas, tried Peter and John for curing the impotent man and preaching in the temple (Acts 4:6). The same as Rabbi Johanan ben Zaccai, who lived 40 years before the temple's destruction, and presided over the great synagogue after its removal to Jabne or Jamnia (Lightfoot).

2. The evangelist Mark's Hebrew name (Acts 12:12; Acts 12:25; Acts 13:5; Acts 13:13; Acts 15:37). (See MARK.)

Bibliography Information
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'John'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​j/john.html. 1949.
 
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