Sopater

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New Testament figure

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::summary New Testament figure ::

Sopater (, Sṓpatros){{efn|For meaning, "saviour of his father"; Easton's reads "The father who saves", Holman's reads "sound parentage" 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 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.

Sosipater is honored as Saint Sosipater by the Eastern Orthodox Church with a feast day on 29 April.

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  1. Orr, 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.
  2. Thayer, & Smith, (nd). [http://www.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=4986 Sopatros]. ''The New Testament Greek Lexicon''. Retrieved December 9, 2005
  3. Easton, M. G. (1897). [http://www.studylight.org/dic/ebd/view.cgi?number=T3481 Sopater]. ''Easton's Bible Dictionary''. Retrieved December 9, 2005
  4. }} was the son of Pyrhus,[http://www.studylight.org/dic/hbd/view.cgi?number=T5964 Sopater]. (1991). Eds. Trent C. Butler. ''Holman Bible Dictionary'' Retrieved December 9, 2005
  5. [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 Studylight.org Romans 16:21]
  6. although some writers think the words "the son of Pyrrhus" were added to distinguish Sopater from Sosipater.[[Pulpit Commentary]] on Acts 20 http://biblehub.com/commentaries/pulpit/acts/20.htm accessed 9 October 2015
  7. Holy Bishopry of [[Veria]], [[Naousa, Imathia. link. (2011-07-21)

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