lan'-tern (phanos, phaino, "to give light"): Lanterns were
carried by the mob which arrested Jesus in Gethsemane (John
18:3, probably better "torches"). The word "lantern" in the time
of early versions had a much wider significance than now. The
Romans, however, had lanterns in the times of Christ, made by
use of translucent skins, bladders, or thin plates of horn.
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