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Fortunatus
Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament
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Fortunatus was one of three deputies from the Church in Corinth who visited St. Paul in Ephesus, perhaps bearing letters, and to whom he refers in 1 Corinthians 16:17-18. Nothing more is known of him. It seems unlikely that all the deputies would belong to one household, as Weizsäcker (Apostol. Age, Eng. translation , i. 2 [1897] 305) suggests, or that all were slaves (so T. C Edwards, ad loc.). Clement refers to a Fortunatus (in Ep. ad Cor. § 65) as accompanying his messengers from Rome to Corinth, but distinguishes him from them; the name, however, is too common for identification (see Achaicus and Stephanas).
J. E. Roberts.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Fortunatus'. Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdn/f/fortunatus.html. 1906-1918.
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Fortunatus'. Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdn/f/fortunatus.html. 1906-1918.
