Sosthenes
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Sosthenes
Some historians identify this Sosthenes with a companion of Paul the Apostle referred to as "Sosthenes our brother" (Greek: Σωσθένης ὁ ἀδελφός, Sōsthénēs ho adelphós, literally "Sosthenes the brother"), a convert to the Christian faith and co-author of the First Epistle to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 1:1–2). It is not clear whether this identification is tenable.[1] According to Protestant theologian Heinrich Meyer, "Theodoret and most commentators, including Flatt, Billroth, Ewald, Maier [and] Hofmann, identify Sosthenes with the person so named in Acts 18:17, but this is denied by Michaelis, Pott, Rückert, and de Wette".[2] The name was a common one.[3]
It has also been suggested that Sosthenes is a later name of Crispus, who is mentioned in Acts 18:8 and 1 Corinthians 1:14, but Strong and McClintock say this "is arbitrary and unsupported".[3]
He is traditionally listed among the
References
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Sosthenes". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.
- ^ Meyer's New Testament Commentary on 1 Corinthians 1, Bible Hub, accessed 13 March 2017
- ^ a b James Strong & John McClintock 1880, "Sosthenes", The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature NY: Harper & Bros.
- ^ Orthodox Church in America, Apostle Sosthenes of the Seventy, accessed 13 March 2017
