Sopater
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Sopater
''International Standard Bible Encyclopedia''. 1915. Retrieved December 9, 2005. ( el, Σώπατρος, ''Sṓpatros'') was the son of Pyrhus,
[Sopater]
(1991). Eds. Trent C. Butler. ''Holman Bible Dictionary'' Retrieved December 9, 2005 a man from the city of
Berea Berea may refer to:
Places Greece
* Beroea, a place mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, now known as Veria or Veroia
Lesotho
* Berea District
Romania
* Berea, a village in Ciumești Commune, Satu Mare County
* Berea, a tributary of the Va ...
, mentioned in
Acts 20:4. Sopater and others (
Aristarchus and Secundus of the
Thessalonians, and
Gaius of Derbe
Gaius is the Greek spelling for the male Roman name Caius, a figure in the New Testament of the Bible.
# A Christians, Christian, Gaius is mentioned in Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedonia as a traveling companion of Paul the Apostle, Paul, alon ...
, and
Timothy, and
Tychicus and
Trophimus of Asia) accompanied
Paul out of
Macedonia
Macedonia most commonly refers to:
* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a traditional geographic reg ...
after a group of Jews began to plot against Paul, and then sailed from
Philippi
Philippi (; grc-gre, Φίλιπποι, ''Philippoi'') was a major Greek city northwest of the nearby island, Thasos. Its original name was Crenides ( grc-gre, Κρηνῖδες, ''Krenides'' "Fountains") after its establishment by Thasian colon ...
to
Alexandria Troas
Alexandria Troas ("Alexandria of the Troad"; el, Αλεξάνδρεια Τρωάς; tr, Eski Stambul) is the site of an ancient Greek city situated on the Aegean Sea near the northern tip of Turkey's western coast, the area known historically a ...
where they met Paul who had gone by land.
It is commonly accepted that Sopater was the kinsman of Paul noted in as
Sosipater
Sosipater ( el, Σωσίπατρος) is a person mentioned in the New Testament, in Romans 16:21. He is probably the same person as Sopater mentioned in Acts 20:4.
In church tradition, he is known as Sosipater of Iconium, and is numbered among t ...
.
[ although some writers think the words "the son of Pyrrhus" were added to distinguish Sopater from Sosipater.
Sosipater is honored as Saint Sosipater by the ]Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church, also called the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 220 million baptized members. It operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed by its bishops via ...
with a feast day on 29 April.[Holy Bishopry of Veria, Naousa and Kampania]
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