Sopater

Sopater

Sopater (so'-pa-ter, sop'-a-terref|1 (gr Σωπατρoς; Sopatros, "saviour of his father"ref|2, Easton's reads "The father who saves"ref|3, Holman's reads “sound parentage”ref|4) was the son of Pyrhusref|4, a man from the city of Berea, he accompanied Paul along with Aristarchus and Secundus the Thessalonians, Gaius of Derbe, Timothy, and Trichicus and Tromphimus of Asia, out of Macedonia after a group of Jews began to plot against him. They sailed from Philippi to Alexandria Troas where they met Paul who had gone by land.

It is commonly accepted that Sopater is the kinsman of Paul noted in [http://studylight.org/desk/?l=en&query=Romans+16%3A21&section=0&translation=nsn&oq=Acts%252020%3A4&new=1&nb=ac&ng=20&ncc=20 Romans 16:21] as Sosipaterref|6.

References

#Note|1Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. [http://www.studylight.org/enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T8296 Sopater] . "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915. Retrieved December 9, 2005.
#Note|2Thayer, & Smith, (nd). [http://www.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=4986 Sopatros] . "The New Testament Greek Lexicon". Retrieved December 9, 2005
#Note|3Easton, M.G. (1897). [http://www.studylight.org/dic/ebd/view.cgi?number=T3481 Sopater] . "Easton's Bible Dictionary". Retrieved December 9, 2005
#Note|4 [http://www.studylight.org/dic/hbd/view.cgi?number=T5964 Sopater] . (1991). Eds. Trent C. Butler. "Holman Bible Dictionary"Retrieved December 9, 2005
#Note|5Thayer, & Smith, (nd). [http://www.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=4986 Sopatros] . "The New Testament Greek Lexicon". Retrieved December 9, 2005
#Note|6Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. [http://www.studylight.org/enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T8296 Sopater] . "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915. Retrieved December 9, 2005.::*Note that all of the above cite works agree on this point.


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