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People of the Bible

Sopater

also called Sosipater

In the story

Mission to Macedonia and Greece · 54 AD

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The father who saves, probably the same as Sosipater, a kinsman of Paul (Rom. 16:21), a Christian of the city of Berea who accompanied Paul into Asia (Acts 20:4-6).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 2 verses

Acts: 20:4
Romans: 16:21

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.