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lan´teÌ„rn (φανοÌÏ‚, phanoÌs, φαιÌνω, phaıÌnoÌ„, “to give lightâ€): Lanterns were carried by the mob which arrested Jesus in Gethsemane (, probably better “torchesâ€). The word “lantern†in the time of early versions had a much wider significance than now. The Romans, however, had lanterns in the times of Christ, made by use of translucent skins, bladders, or thin plates of horn.