whatever imposed by a foreign power on the people of Israel. The “tribute
money” shown to our Lord (Matthew 22:19) was the denarius, bearing
Caesar’s superscription. It was the tax paid by every Jew to the Romans.
(See PENNY.)
- TRINITY a word not found in Scripture, but used to express the doctrine
of the unity of God as subsisting in three distinct Persons. This word is
derived from the Gr. trias, first used by Theophilus (A.D. 168-183), or
from the Lat. trinitas, first used by Tertullian (A.D. 220), to express this
doctrine. The propositions involved in the doctrine are these: 1. That God
is one, and that there is but one God (Deuteronomy 6:4; 1 Kings 8:60;
Isaiah 44:6; Mark 12:29, 32; John 10:30). 2. That the Father is a distinct
divine Person (hypostasis, subsistentia, persona, suppositum
intellectuale), distinct from the Son and the Holy Spirit. 3. That Jesus
Christ was truly God, and yet was a Person distinct from the Father and
the Holy Spirit. 4. That the Holy Spirit is also a distinct divine Person. - TROAS a city on the coast of Mysia, in the north-west of Asia Minor,
named after ancient Troy, which was at some little distance from it (about
4 miles) to the north. Here Paul, on his second missionary journey, saw
the vision of a “man of Macedonia,” who appeared to him, saying, “Come
over, and help us” (Acts 16:8-11). He visited this place also on other
occasions, and on one of these visits he left his cloak and some books there
(2 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Timothy 4:13). The ruins of Troas extend over
many miles, the site being now mostly covered with a forest of oak trees.
The modern name of the ruins is Eski Stamboul i.e., Old Constantinople. - TROGYLLIUM a town on the western coast of Asia Minor, where Paul
“tarried” when on his way from Assos to Miletus, on his third missionary
journey (Acts 20:15). - TROPHIMUS a foster-child, an Ephesian who accompanied Paul during a
part of his third missionary journey (Acts 20:4; 21:29). He was with Paul
in Jerusalem, and the Jews, supposing that the apostle had brought him
with him into the temple, raised a tumult which resulted in Paul’s
imprisonment. (See TEMPLE, HEROD’S.) In writing to Timothy, the
apostle says, “Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick” (2 Timothy 4:20).
This must refer to some event not noticed in the Acts. - TRUMPETS were of a great variety of forms, and were made of divers
materials. Some were made of silver (Numbers 10:2), and were used only