International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
XANTHICUSzan'-thi-kus (Xanthikos): The name of a month which occurs in 2 Maccabees 11:30, 33, 38. It corresponds to Nisan (April) of the Jewish calendar.
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The Date of the Martyrdom.
... Now, the blessed Polycarp suffered martyrdom on the second day of the month Xanthicus
just begun, [476] the seventh day before the Kalends of May, on the great ...
/.../smyrna/the martyrdom of the holy polycarp/chapter xxi the date of the.htm
Martyrs of Palestine. ^
... It was in the nineteenth year of the reign of Diocletian, in the month Xanthicus,
[2615] which is called April by the Romans, about the time of the feast of ...
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Again, in Cæsarea, when the Persecution had Continued to the ...
... 1. Again, in Cæsarea, when the persecution had continued to the fifth year, on the
second day of the month Xanthicus, [2656] which is the fourth before the ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter vii again in caesarea.htm
Concerning the Ten Plagues which came Upon the Egyptians.
... Moses to tell the people that they should have a sacrifice ready, and they should
prepare themselves on the tenth day of the month Xanthicus, against the ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 14 concerning the ten.htm
Maximinus Cæsar Having Come at that Time into the Government...
... It occurred on the second day of the month Xanthicus, [2648] which is the fourth
day before the Nones of April, on the day of preparation. [2649]. Footnotes: ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter iv maximinus caesar having.htm
That Whereas the City of Jerusalem had Been Five Times Taken ...
... His words most favor their being different one from another. [21] Since Josephus
still uses the Syro-Macedonian month Xanthicus for the Jewish month Nisan ...
/.../chapter 10 that whereas the.htm
Acts of the Holy Apostle Thomas, when He came into India, and ...
... And he said: I cannot begin to build at this time. And the king says: When wilt
thou be able? And he says: I shall begin in Dius and end in Xanthicus. ...
/.../unknown/acts of the holy apostle thomas/acts of the holy apostle 2.htm
Note 1
... a solar year of the Julian type, but reckoned according to a Ty1ian (and perhaps
common Syrian) method so that the year began from I Xanthicus, 18th April. ...
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On Feast Days and Fast Days.
... For they began to hold a council against the Lord on the second day of the week,
in the first month, which is Xanthicus; and the deliberation continued on the ...
/.../various/constitutions of the holy apostles/sec iii on feast days and.htm
How the Sedition was Again Revived Within Jerusalem and yet the ...
... the sedition within was revived; and on the feast of unleavened bread, which was
now come, it being the fourteenth day of the month Xanthicus, [Nisan,] when it ...
/.../chapter 3 how the sedition.htm
Thesaurus
Xanthicus... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia
XANTHICUS. zan'-thi-kus (Xanthikos): The
name of a month which occurs in 2 Maccabees 11:30, 33, 38.
.../x/xanthicus.htm - 6kXerxes (24 Occurrences)
/x/xerxes.htm - 14k
Wrung (5 Occurrences)
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Manius
... and not, after the Roman fashion, according to consulates; (2) that it is also dated
the same day as that of Eupator-the 15th of the month Xanthicus; (3) that ...
/m/manius.htm - 8k
Titus (15 Occurrences)
... and not, after the Roman fashion, according to consulates; (2) that it is also dated
the same day as that of Eupator-the 15th of the month Xanthicus; (3) that ...
/t/titus.htm - 29k
Calendar
... Josephus (Ant., I, iii, 3) says: "Moses appointed that Nican, which is the same
with Xanthicus, should be the first month of their festivals, because he ...
/c/calendar.htm - 13k
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