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Sopater (so'-pa-ter, sop'-a-ter (gr Σωπατρoς; Sopatros, "saviour of his father", Easton's reads "The father who saves", Holman's reads “sound parentage”) was the son of Pyrhus, a man from the city of Berea, mentioned in . 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 .〔(Studylight.org )〕 as Sosipater. 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〕 Sosipater is honored as Saint Sosipater by the Eastern Orthodox Church with a feast day on 29 April.〔Holy Bishopry of Veria, Naousa and Kampania, (Imverias.gr )〕 ==References== # Orr, James, M. A., D. D. General Editor. (Sopater ). ''International Standard Bible Encyclopedia''. 1915. Retrieved December 9, 2005. # Thayer, & Smith, (nd). (Sopatros ). ''The New Testament Greek Lexicon''. Retrieved December 9, 2005 # Easton, M. G. (1897). (Sopater ). ''Easton's Bible Dictionary''. Retrieved December 9, 2005 # (Sopater ). (1991). Eds. Trent C. Butler. ''Holman Bible Dictionary'' Retrieved December 9, 2005 # Thayer, & Smith, (nd). (Sopatros ). ''The New Testament Greek Lexicon''. Retrieved December 9, 2005 # Orr, James, M. A., D. D. General Editor. (Sopater ). ''International Standard Bible Encyclopedia''. 1915. Retrieved December 9, 2005. :: *Note that all of the above cited works agree on this point. 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「Sopater」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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