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[Oracle]

Back to the issue:

Glorious Cyprus was the first hub of Christianity from which Christianity had spread to Europe including Greece…

Isaiah 23:1
[ A Prophecy About Tyre ] An oracle concerning Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed and left without house or harbor. From the land of Cyprus word has come to them.

Acts 4:36
Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means Son of Encouragement),

Acts 11:20
Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus.

Acts 21:16
Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us and brought us to the home of Mnason, where we were to stay. He was a man from Cyprus and one of the early disciples.

Thanks GR! These, plus a few more, were the quotes I was referring to which mention Cyprus and "people from Cyprus" but never call them Cypriots. Yet scattered throughout the Bible are references to Greeks!

The people from Cyprus may have had other ethnicities (e.g. Phoenicians, Levites etc), but the majority have always been Greeks! [At least since Biblical times from present context.]

Hallelujah!

Acts 11:20
Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus.

If anything this quote utterly destroys your assumption!

Removing some of the unnecessary detail…

“men from Cyprus began to speak to Greeks also”

So besides Cypriots, they spoke to Greeks too!

The word "also" differentiates between two individual types!

That's because they are talking about the Levites and Libyans from Cyprus. Who btw, understood Greek because that was the language they were familiar with from Cyprus!

[Malapapa]

Here's another reference. What is to be made of this?

Revelations 22:03:10
A man of Cyprus, Chrysostomos (which means Mouth of Gold), ventured north into the land of the unbeliever and began to speak of how followers of Jesus were to blame for the ruined state of the sacred places of worship there.

[Oracle]

Btw, a search for “Greeks from Cyprus” or “Greeks of Cyprus” returned ZERO results!

Undisputed evidence that there was no such thing as Greeks in Cyprus! Cypriots were a distinct people throughout the years that the bible was written!

Old Testament: 1400-400 BCE

New Testament: Around 50-300 AD

Why should they phrase it like that? To them it would have been the equivalent of saying "Greeks from Athens" ... It wasn't done because it was understood. So it would be "men from Athens" just as it is described as "men from Cyprus", in your above quotes, when it is not referring to a specific foreigner like Levite or Cyrene of Cyprus. Give up the ghost, GR! God is not on your side with this one!

[Oracle]

Here's another reference. What is to be made of this?

Revelations 22:03:10
A man of Cyprus, Chrysostomos (which means Mouth of Gold), ventured north into the land of the unbeliever and began to speak of how followers of Jesus were to blame for the ruined state of the sacred places of worship there.

Thank you, Malapapa!

It proves my point exactly!

Chrysosotomos is a Greek name, right? So this Greek is simply referred to as "a man of Cyprus"

[Malapapa]

Here's another reference. What is to be made of this?

Revelations 22:03:10
A man of Cyprus, Chrysostomos (which means Mouth of Gold), ventured north into the land of the unbeliever and began to speak of how followers of Jesus were to blame for the ruined state of the sacred places of worship there.

Thank you, Malapapa!

It proves my point exactly!

Chrysosotomos is a Greek name, right? So this Greek is simply referred to as "a man of Cyprus"

Err, if we can fast forward 2000 years, here are more details of the astounding 'revelation' in question.

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/opinions/our ... l/20100323

[Get Real!]

Oracle your theory has been trashed beyond redemption!

[Oracle]

Oracle your theory has been trashed beyond redemption!

When you're onto a good system, why change!

It's still 100% proof of what I was saying because it has stood the test of time!

It fits!

[Gasman]

The real GREEK PROBLEM is that they are in danger of becoming a total embarrassment to the EU and damaging the Eurozone beyond repair. Whether they are 'bailed out' by the EU or go cap in hand to the IMF.

[Malapapa]

Oracle your theory has been trashed beyond redemption!

When you're onto a good system, why change!

It's still 100% proof of what I was saying because it has stood the test of time!

It fits!

Saint Andrew's monastery is in danger of not standing the test of time. And the Mouth of Gold of has revealed it's his side that's to blame for the state this holiest of places has been allowed to get in.

What kind of Christian does that make Chrysostomos? What kind of Greek?

[Oracle]

Oracle your theory has been trashed beyond redemption!

When you're onto a good system, why change!

It's still 100% proof of what I was saying because it has stood the test of time!

It fits!

Saint Andrew's monastery is in danger of not standing the test of time. And the Mouth of Gold of has revealed it's his side that's to blame for the state this holiest of places has been allowed to get in.

What kind of Christian does that make Chrysostomos? What kind of Greek?

That's because you prefer to believe the mouths of the devils (halil and the Mail) who gave the visit, which was primarily to bless the few remaining GCs, the wrong slant!

And what is wrong with this:

He may have decided that saving the monastery was more important than political rhetoric,

Chrysostomos didn't go there to recognise the "TRNC" !