5057 telones {tel-o'-nace}   
   
源自 5056 與 5608; TDNT - 8:88,1166;陽性名詞   
AV - publican 22; 22   
   
1) 租用者或佃農   
   1a) 在羅馬人當中, 通常是騎士團之中的人   
2) 收稅者, 收稅或收過路費的人, 受雇於公家或收稅佃農總管.   
   收稅者為一種人, 不僅為猶太人所憎, 也為其他國家所惡,    
   是因為他們的受雇, 也因為他們所做工作中的無情,貪婪,及欺騙.


5057 telones {tel-o'-nace} 
 
from 5056 and 5608; TDNT - 8:88,1166; n m 
 
AV - publican 22; 22 
 
1) a renter or farmer of taxes 
   1a) among the Romans, usually a man of equestrian rank 
2) a tax gatherer, collector of taxes or tolls, one employed by a 
   publican or farmer general in the collection of taxes. The tax 
   collectors were as a class, detested not only by the Jews, but by 
   other nations also, both on account of their employment and of the 
   harshness, greed, and deception, with which they did their job.