Stephanas ( el, Στεφανᾶς, ''Stephanas'', meaning "crowned", from gr, στεφανόω, ''stephanoó'', "to crown")
Easton, Matthew George. "Easton's Bible Dictionary" (also known as "Illustrated Bible Dictionary"), 1897; Hitchcock, Roswell D., Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary was a member of the church at

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, whose family were among the limited number of believers whom

Paul the apostle Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

had

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there and whom Paul refers to as the “first-fruits of Achaia”.Smith, William, Smith's Bible Dictionary He is mentioned by Paul in : :''I was glad when Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus arrived, because they have supplied what was lacking from you'' Teignmouth Shore, writing in Ellicott's ''Commentary for Modern Readers'', suggests that Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus had come from Corinth to Ephesus, probably with the letter from the Corinthians () to which Paul was sending a response. Paul urged the church in Corinth to "be in subjection to such men and to everyone who helps in the work and labours" and to "acknowledge such men". Stephanas has been supposed by some to have been the repentant “jailer of

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 colo ...

” (comp. Acts 16:33). The

First Epistle to the Corinthians The First Epistle to the Corinthians ( grc, Α΄ ᾽Επιστολὴ πρὸς Κορινθίους) is one of the Pauline epistles, part of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and a co-au ...

was written from

Ephesus Ephesus (; grc-gre, Ἔφεσος, Éphesos; tr, Efes; may ultimately derive from hit, 𒀀𒉺𒊭, Apaša) was a city in ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built i ...

some six years after the jailer's conversion, and he was with the apostle there at that time.

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