Metaphysical meaning of Publius (mbd)
Publius, pub'-li-us (Lat.)--public; common; of the people; popular.
The "chief man" or governor of the island of Melita, upon which Paul and his companions were cast when they were shipwrecked while on their way to Rome. Paul was instrumental in healing the father of Publius, and so Publius received and entertained Paul while he was on the island (Acts 28:7, 8).
Meta. The central ruling idea in the Melita state of mind in the individual consciousness. Melita (flowing with honey, sweetened with honey) refers to the sweetness, the joy, and the pleasant, agreeable feeling that are sensed so deeply by the individual when in his overcoming he has experienced some great deliverance from error and has entered for the time being into the peace, content, and satisfaction that follow such an overcoming experience. In this state of mind all thought of high and low, all thought of great and small, all thought of inferiority and superiority, and all thought of separation or apartness are laid aside, and the idea that rules is one of unity with all, a thought of a common good, to be enjoyed and used by the whole consciousness and by all people (public, of the people, common).
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