It is said in Acts xix, 9, that St. Paul being at Ephesus, and
seeing that the Jews to whom he preached, instead of being converted,
were rather more hardened and obstinate, he withdrew from their society,
nor went to preach in their synagogue, but taught every day in the
school of one Tyrannus. It is inquired, Who was this Tyrannus? Some
think him to have been a prince or great lord, who accommodated the
Apostle with his house, in which to receive and instruct his disciples.
But the generality conclude, that Tyrannus was a converted Gentile, a
friend of St. Paul, to whom he withdrew.
seeing that the Jews to whom he preached, instead of being converted,
were rather more hardened and obstinate, he withdrew from their society,
nor went to preach in their synagogue, but taught every day in the
school of one Tyrannus. It is inquired, Who was this Tyrannus? Some
think him to have been a prince or great lord, who accommodated the
Apostle with his house, in which to receive and instruct his disciples.
But the generality conclude, that Tyrannus was a converted Gentile, a
friend of St. Paul, to whom he withdrew.