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Epaphroditus ((ギリシア語:Ἐπαφρόδιτος)) is a New Testament figure appearing as an envoy of the Philippian and Colossian church to assist the Apostle Paul (Philippians 2:25-30). He is regarded as a saint of the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church, first Bishop of Philippi, and of Andriaca (there are at least two ancient towns called Andriaca, one in Thrace and one in Asia Minor), and first Bishop of Terracina, Italy. There is little evidence that these were all the same man. ==Name== Epaphroditus appears in the New Testament in the letters to the Philippians (2.25-30, 4.18). This is a “common personal name”, being derived from Aphrodite meaning “lovely” or “charming”;〔Frederick F. Bruce, 1989, ''Philippians'', New International Biblical Commentary, New Testament Series, edited by W. Ward Gasque (Repr. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2002), 99; Joseph H. Thayer, C. L. Wilibald Grimm, and C. G. Wilke, 1889, ''Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament'' (Repr. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1966), 229.〕 moreover, the proper name is found in the papyri with alternative spelling (81-2 B.C.) – Epaphrodeitos, Epaphrodeiton.〔James Hope Moulton, and George Milligan, 1929, ''The Vocabulary of the Greek Testament Illustrated from the Papyri and Other Non-Literary Sources'' (London: Hodder and Stoughton), 230.〕 The name was indeed quite common. The name corresponds to the Latin Venustus (= handsome), and was very common in the Roman period. "The name occurs very frequently in inscriptions both Greek and Latin, whether at full length Epaphroditus, or in its contracted form Epaphras."〔J. B. Lightfoot, ''Philippians'' (1868, McGrath ed. 1994) 147.〕 Flavius Josephus describes a man by the name of Epaphroditus who was “a man who is a lover of all kind of learning”.〔''Ant''. 1.8, ''Life'' 430, ''Against Apion'' 1.1; 2.1, 296.〕 Its adjectival use is also evident in the papyrus from the late second century A.D., “during the delightful (epaphrodeito'' ) praefecture of Larcius Memor”.〔''P. Ryl II''. 77.36, A.D. 192.〕 Some link Epaphroditus with another proper name in the New Testament, Epaphras (Colossians 1.7, 4.12; Philemon 23), with the suggestion that the latter is a “contracted” or “pet form” for the Philippian envoy.〔Thayer, et al., 229; Moulton and Milligan, 230.〕 However, this is a coincidence with no indication that it is the same person.〔"Epaphroditus() bore a name commonly used and frequently found in ancient literature, sometimes in its shortened form, Epaphras. He was probably a different person than Epaphros mentioned in Colossians 1.7; 4.12; Philemon 23, an individual who lived in Colosse." John Walvoord, ''Philippians: Triumph in Christ'', Everyman’s Bible Commentary (Chicago, Ill.: Moody Press), 1971, 71. Lightfoot 72. Robert W. Funk, ''Greek Grammar of the NT'' (1961) 125.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Epaphroditus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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