Tyrannus Prince, a Greek rhetorician, in whose "school" at
Ephesus Paul disputed daily for the space of two years with
those who came to him (Act 19:9). Some have supposed that he was
a Jew, and that his "school" was a private synagogue. Tyre A
rock, now es-Sur; an ancient Phoenician city, about 23 miles, in
a direct line, north of Acre, and 20 south of Sidon. Sidon was
the oldest Phoenician city, but Tyre had a longer and more
illustrious history. The commerce of the whole world was
gathered into the warehouses of Tyre. "Tyrian merchants were the
first who ventured to navigate the Mediterranean waters; and
they founded their colonies on the coasts and neighbouring
islands of the Aegean Sea, in Greece, on the northern coast of
Africa, at Carthage and other places, in Sicily and Corsica, in
Spain at Tartessus, and even beyond the pillars of Hercules at
Gadeira (Cadiz)" (Driver's Isaiah). In the time of David a
friendly alliance was entered into between the Hebrews and the
Tyrians, who were long ruled over by t