ANDRONICUS . A Christian greeted by St. Paul ( Romans 16:7 ) as a ‘kinsman,’ i.e. as a fellow-countryman (cf. Romans 9:3; Romans 16:11; Romans 16:21 ), who had been imprisoned for Christ; distinguished as an Apostle (in the largest sense of the name), and a believer from early days, having perhaps come to Rome after the persecution of Acts 11:19 ).
A. J. Maclean.