What are…
Grecians
also known as: Hellenists or Greeks
The book of Acts refers to Greek-Jews or Hellenistic Jews. These were Jews born in a foreign country, who thus did not speak Hebrew (Acts 6:1; 9:29), nor join in the Hebrew services of the Jews in Israel, but had synagogues of their own in Jerusalem.
Old Testament KJV reference to “Grecians”
The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. —Joel 3:6 KJV
In this context, the word “Grecians” means “Greeks” (Greek people), and this is the way it is translated in most modern English Bibles. See: Joel 3:6 NASB and Joel 3:6 ESV
Other Biblical references to Greeks or people or places involved with the Greeks
- Greek
- Greece
- Javan
- Dispersion—Jews dispered by invasions fled to Greek lands
- Athens, Greece
- Achaia, Greece
- Cenchrea, Greece
- Corinth, Greece
- Alexander the Great
- King Ahasuerus (aka Xerxes)—the son of Darius Hystaspes, invaded Greece with more than 2-million soldiers
- Macedonia
- First Epistle to the Corinthians
- Second Epistle to the Corinthians
- Paul—shared the Gospel with the Greeks and established bodies of believers
Article Version: April 24, 2021