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Sopater, Sosipater
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
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SOPATER, SOSIPATER . These are two forms of the same name; St. Luke, as usual, adopts the more colloquial. 1 . In Acts 20:4 we read that Sopater, son of Pyrrhus (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ), of BerÅ“a, accompanied St. Paul on his journey towards Jerusalem as far as Asia (if these last words are part of the true text), i.e. Troas [see Secundus]. The mention of the father’s name, unusual in NT, is thought by Blass to denote that Sopater was of noble birth; by Alford, to be intended to distinguish him from 2 . A ‘kinsman,’ i.e. fellow-countryman [see Jason], of St. Paul, who sends greetings in Romans 16:21 . It seems unlikely, but not impossible, that these are the same person.
A. J. Maclean.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Sopater, Sosipater'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​s/sopater-sosipater.html. 1909.
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Sopater, Sosipater'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​s/sopater-sosipater.html. 1909.