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Easton's Bible Dictionary
best ruler, Native of Thessalonica ( Acts
20:4 ), a companion of Paul ( Acts
19:29 ; 27:2
). He was Paul's "fellow-prisoner" at Rome ( Colossians
4:10 ; Philemon
1:24 ).
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
the best prince
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(the best ruler) A Thessalonian, ( Acts
20:4 ; 27:2
) who accompanied St. Paul on his third missionary journey. ( Acts
19:29 ) He was with the apostle on his return to Asia, ( Acts
20:4 ) and again, Acts
27:2 on his voyage to Rome. We trace him afterwards as St. Pauls fellow prisoner
in ( Colossians
4:10 ) and Philemon
1:24. Tradition makes him bishop of Apamea.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ar-is-tar'-kus (Aristarchos, "best ruler"):
He was one of those faithful companions of the apostle Paul who shared with him
his labors and sufferings. He is suddenly mentioned along with Gaius as having
been seized by the excited Ephesians during the riot stirred up by the silversmiths
(Acts
19:29). They are designated "men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel."
We learn later that he was a native of Thessalonica (Acts
20:4 ; 27:2).
They were probably seized to extract from them information about their leader
Paul, but when they could tell nothing, and since they were Greeks, nothing further
was done to them.
When Aristarchus attached himself to Paul we do not know, but he seems ever after
the Ephesian uproar to have remained in Paul's company. He was one of those who
accompanied Paul from Greece via Macedonia (Acts
20:4 ). Having preceded Paul to Troas, where they waited for him, they traveled
with him to Palestine. He is next mentioned as accompanying Paul to Rome (Acts
27:2). There he attended Paul and shared his imprisonment. He is mentioned
in two of the letters of the Roman captivity, in the Epistle to the church at
Colossians
4:10, and in the Epistle to Philemon (Philemon
1:24), in both of which he sends greetings. In the former Paul calls him "my
fellow-prisoner." According to tradition he was martyred during the persecution
of Nero.
S. F. Hunter
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