Shemiah

Pronunciation: sheh-MAI-uh

Occurrences: 1

First Reference: Yeshua 5:10

So Caiaphas, taking Shemiah for his interpreter, went unto Galerius. And told him of Yeshua and how that many thought him to be the one promised by the prophets of old.

See: Caiaphas

Azrael’s Commentary — Shemiah

A slave in the household of Caiaphas who was fluent in Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Egyptian and Arabic [Y:5:10]. He was, from the first, a secret disciple of John the Baptizer. Later he became a disciple of Yeshua, often slipping information to Yeshua concerning the secret plottings of Caiaphas and Ananus. With the crucifixion of Yeshua and the reported rumors of his resurrection, Shemiah fled the house of Caiaphas and journeyed to Galilee to witness for himself the post-resurrectional teachings of Yeshua.

Shemiah lived quietly in the city of Tiberius where he found employment in the palace of Herod as a scribe. Herod soon learned that Shemiah was the runaway slave of Caiaphas. But so valuable were Shemiah’s skills as an interpreter that Herod protected Shemiah’s secret.

Notes/References:

Shemhora

Sher-el