Garland

Wall painting from the west wall of Room L of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor (Boscoreale, Roman, ca. 50–40 BCE)
Wall painting from the west wall of Room L of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor (Boscoreale, Roman, ca. 50–40 BCE) (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public domain)

Reference

Greek στέμμα (stemma)
ACT 14:13

Description

The garland was a wreath of wool to which leaves and flowers might be added and either wound around a staff or woven into a circle to be worn on the head.

Usage

Garlands were an important part of the ritual involved in the worship of pagan gods in the ancient world. As in ACT 14:13, the flowers were draped around animals to be sacrificed.

Translation

“Garlands” in ACT 14:13 may be rendered “circles of leaves,” “rings of flowers,” or “wreaths of flowers.”

Scripture References (1)

Acts

14:13