Alexander (put forward by the Jews)

• 1 Timothy 1:19–20 say, “holding faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith, of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they might be taught not to blaspheme.”
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  • 1TI 1:18–20, engwebp

    ¹⁸I commit this instruction to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which were given to you before, that by them you may wage the good warfare,

    ¹⁹holding faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith,

    ²⁰of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

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• 2 Timothy 4:14–15 say, “Alexander the coppersmith did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds. Beware of him, for he greatly opposed our words.”
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  • 2TI 4:9–15, engwebp

    ⁹Be diligent to come to me soon,

    ¹⁰for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia; and Titus to Dalmatia.

    ¹¹Only Luke is with me. Take Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.

    ¹²But I sent Tychicus to Ephesus.

    ¹³Bring the cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus when you come—and the books, especially the parchments.

    ¹⁴Alexander the coppersmith did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.

    ¹⁵Beware of him, for he greatly opposed our words.

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• Acts 19:33 says, “They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defense to the people.”
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  • ACT 19:23–34, engwebp

    ²³About that time there arose no small disturbance concerning the Way.

    ²⁴For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,

    ²⁵whom he gathered together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, “Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth.

    ²⁶You see and hear that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods that are made with hands.

    ²⁷Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.”

    ²⁸When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

    ²⁹The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel.

    ³⁰When Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples didn’t allow him.

    ³¹Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.

    ³²Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn’t know why they had come together.

    ³³They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defense to the people.

    ³⁴But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice for a time of about two hours cried out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

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1 Timothy 1:19–20 say that among some who made a shipwreck concerning the faith are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom the writer delivered to Satan. 2 Timothy 4:14–15 say that Alexander the coppersmith did much evil to the writer. Acts 19:33 names an Alexander whom the Jews put forward out of the multitude. None of the three passages gives Alexander’s father, and of the three only 2 Timothy 4:14 calls him a coppersmith. The text does not say whether these Alexanders are one man. This collection keeps three entries, and decides nothing.