STRONGS G5546:
Χριστιανός (cf.
Lightfoot on Philip., p. 16 note),
Χριστιανου,
ὁ (
Χριστός),
a Christian, a follower of Christ:
Acts 11:26;
Acts 26:28;
1 Peter 4:16. The name was first given to the worshippers of Jesus by the Gentiles, but from the second century (
Justin Martyr (e. g. Apology 1, 4, p. 55 a.; dialog contra Trypho, § 35; cf. '
Teaching etc. 12, 4 [ET])) onward accepted by them as a title of honor. CL
Lipsius, Ueber Ursprung u. ältesten Gebrauch des Christennamens. 4to, pp. 20, Jen. 1873. Yet see Bp.
Lghtft. Apost. Fathers, Pt. II. vol. i. p. 400 sqq. (CL
Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word, 2; Farrar in Alex.'s Kitto, under the word; on the 'Titles of Believers in the N. T.' see Westcott, Epistles of St. John, p. 125f; cf. Dict. of Chris. Antiqq., under the word 'Faithful'.)
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