Sopater
[Orr, James, M. A., D. D. General Editor]
Sopater
''International Standard Bible Encyclopedia''. 1915. Retrieved December 9, 2005. (, ''Sṓpatros'') was the son of Pyrhus,
[Sopater]
(1991). Eds. Trent C. Butler. ''Holman Bible Dictionary'' Retrieved December 9, 2005 a man from the city of
Berea, mentioned in
Acts 20:4. Sopater and others (
Aristarchus and Secundus of the
Thessalonians, and
Gaius of Derbe, and
Timothy, and
Tychicus and
Trophimus of Asia) accompanied
Paul out of
Macedonia after a group of Jews began to plot against Paul, and then sailed from
Philippi
Philippi (; , ''Phílippoi'') was a major Greek city northwest of the nearby island, Thasos. Its original name was Crenides (, ''Krēnĩdes'' "Fountains") after its establishment by Thasian colonists in 360/359 BC. The city was renamed by Phili ...
to
Alexandria Troas where they met Paul who had gone by land.
It is commonly accepted that Sopater was the kinsman of Paul noted in as
Sosipater.
[ although some writers think the words "the son of Pyrrhus" were added to distinguish Sopater from Sosipater.
Sosipater is honored as Saint Sosipater by the ]Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is List of Christian denominations by number of members, one of the three major doctrinal and ...
with a feast day on 29 April.[Holy Bishopry of ]Veria
Veria (; ), officially transliterated Veroia, historically also spelled Beroea or Berea, is a city in Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the regional unit of Imathia. It is located north-nor ...
, Naousa and Kampania
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