Definition of Lestai. Meaning of Lestai. Synonyms of Lestai

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- different words in the gospels of Luke and Matthew, specifically, kakourgoi and lēstai. According to The Way, the cross upon which Jesus was crucified was not...
- quasi-monastic communities. Josephus also speaks of a "Fourth Movement", Zealots, Lestai or Sicarii. The Pharisees were a powerful force in 1st-century Judea. Early...
- had to pretend to support the war against Rome because of the "brigands" (lestai) Josephus appropriates here “the discriminatory vocabulary of the Romans...