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    Lucius

    LOO-shus

    Meaning

    Light; Born at daybreak

    Latin origin · Boy · First in Acts

    What it points to

    Lucius shows that diverse leadership teams — crossing ethnic and cultural lines — are God's design for launching world-changing missions.

    Verses · King James Version

    “Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon... and Lucius of Cyrene.”

    Acts 13:1

    “Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.”

    Romans 16:21

    Most used in the 1880s (US records)

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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