McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Blastus (2)

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Blastus (2)


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( ÂëÜóôïò ), a man who was " chamberlain" (cubicularius, ὁ Ýðὶ ôïῦ êïéôῶíïò , i.e. chief eunuch) to King Herod Agrippa, or who had the charge of his bed-chamber (Act_12:20). A.D. 44. Such persons had usually great influence with their masters, and hence the importance attached to Blastus's favoring the peace with Tyre and Sidon.