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(1) Erastus was sent with Timothy from Ephesus into Macedonia while Paul remained in Asia for a while. ��W 2 Timothy, whatever uncertainty we may otherwise feel about it, says explicitly: "Erastus remained in Corinth." Erastus, who is the city's director of public works, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings." Confirmation of his existence and his title was found in the city of Corinth. But Corinth as well as Ephesus seems to be associated each time with the Biblical Erastus. Commentators are divided on whether the Erastus who ministered in Macedonia was the same Erastus who was the city director in Corinth. The name occurs three times, each time denoting a companion of Paul. They are designated "two of them that ministered unto him" ( (2) "Erastus the treasurer of the city" sent greetings to the Christians in Rome ( We have no means of discovering whether one or more than one person is meant in these references. Freed persons like Erastus who had climbed the social ladder at Corinth would be expected to live their lives in total gratitude to their seniors and gods (Hurtado, 2000, p.9). %%EOF Erastus Inscription. %PDF-1.6 %���� 0 Visualize yourself passing this quiz on words from Jacqueline Woodson’s exquisite verse novel “Brown Girl … On the other hand Paul may be designating Erastus ( endstream endobj 217 0 obj <>stream According to the … See more. A. C. Headlam (HDB, under the word) thinks it improbable that one who held an office implying residence in one locality should have been one of Paul's companions in travel. Erastus. �λ �c
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