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Amsterdam: Doopsgezinde Prenten]'']]     Lambert Klaasz Aker,<strong> </strong>born 1616 at [[Hoorn (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Hoorn]] and died 1690 in [[Harlingen (Friesland, Netherlands)|Harlingen]], was a preacher of the Old Frisians or [[Janjacobsgezinden|Jan Jacobsgezinden]], first at Hoorn and later at Harlingen. He held fast to the use of the [[Biestkens Bible|Biestkens Bible]], whereas the newer <em>Statenvertattng </em>(state translation) had been adopted into general use among the Mennonites as well as the Reformed. Specific information about him is lacking. In<em> Aanhangzel, </em>the appendix by [[Maatschoen, Gerardus (d. 1751)|G. Maatschoen]] to [[Schijn, Herman (1662-1727)|Schijn's]] <em>Geschiedenis der Mennoniten </em>(Amsterdam,1745, 432), there is a<strong> </strong>portrait of Aker in copper etching.
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