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Pyrrhus

Father of Sopater from Beroea

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L’Église primitiveDisciple1st century AD

Pyrrhus is a person mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as the father of Sopater from Beroea. Sopater was one of Paul's companions on his third missionary journey. Pyrrhus himself plays no independent role in the narrative but is mentioned to identify his son.

Famille

EnfantSopater (from Berea)

Événements clés

Mentioned as father of Sopater

Pyrrhus is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as the father of Sopater from Beroea, who accompanied Paul on his journey from Greece back to Asia.

Ac 20:4Voir dans le contexte →
4Traveling with him were Sopater son of Pyrrhus, from Berea; Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica; Gaius from Derbe; Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.
συνείπετο δὲ ⸀αὐτῷ Σώπατρος ⸀Πύρρου Βεροιαῖος, Θεσσαλονικέων δὲ Ἀρίσταρχος καὶ Σεκοῦνδος, καὶ Γάϊος Δερβαῖος καὶ Τιμόθεος, Ἀσιανοὶ δὲ Τυχικὸς καὶ Τρόφιμος·

Sopater among Paul's companions

His son Sopater was among those who accompanied Paul through Macedonia as part of a group of believers from several congregations.

Ac 20:4Voir dans le contexte →
4Traveling with him were Sopater son of Pyrrhus, from Berea; Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica; Gaius from Derbe; Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.
συνείπετο δὲ ⸀αὐτῷ Σώπατρος ⸀Πύρρου Βεροιαῖος, Θεσσαλονικέων δὲ Ἀρίσταρχος καὶ Σεκοῦνδος, καὶ Γάϊος Δερβαῖος καὶ Τιμόθεος, Ἀσιανοὶ δὲ Τυχικὸς καὶ Τρόφιμος·
Ac 20:5Voir dans le contexte →
5These men went on ahead and waited for us at Troas.
οὗτοι ⸀δὲ ⸀προσελθόντες ἔμενον ἡμᾶς ἐν Τρῳάδι·

The companions' stay in Troas

The group that included Sopater, son of Pyrrhus, traveled ahead to Troas and waited there for Paul and Luke.

Ac 20:5Voir dans le contexte →
5These men went on ahead and waited for us at Troas.
οὗτοι ⸀δὲ ⸀προσελθόντες ἔμενον ἡμᾶς ἐν Τρῳάδι·
Ac 20:6Voir dans le contexte →
6We sailed from Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread and joined them at Troas five days later, and there we stayed seven days.
ἡμεῖς δὲ ἐξεπλεύσαμεν μετὰ τὰς ἡμέρας τῶν ἀζύμων ἀπὸ Φιλίππων, καὶ ἤλθομεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν Τρῳάδα ἄχρι ἡμερῶν πέντε, ⸀οὗ διετρίψαμεν ἡμέρας ἑπτά.

Connection to the congregation in Beroea

Pyrrhus likely belonged to the Jewish or Christian community in Beroea, a city known for its inhabitants who examined the Scriptures daily after Paul's preaching there.

Ac 17:10Voir dans le contexte →
10That very night the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
Οἱ δὲ ἀδελφοὶ εὐθέως ⸀διὰ νυκτὸς ἐξέπεμψαν τόν τε Παῦλον καὶ τὸν Σιλᾶν εἰς Βέροιαν, οἵτινες παραγενόμενοι εἰς τὴν συναγωγὴν ⸂τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἀπῄεσαν⸃·
Ac 17:11Voir dans le contexte →
11These people were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica: they received the word with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see whether these things were so.
οὗτοι δὲ ἦσαν εὐγενέστεροι τῶν ἐν Θεσσαλονίκῃ, οἵτινες ἐδέξαντο τὸν λόγον μετὰ πάσης προθυμίας, ⸀τὸ καθʼ ἡμέραν ἀνακρίνοντες τὰς γραφὰς εἰ ἔχοι ταῦτα οὕτως.
Ac 17:12Voir dans le contexte →
12Many of them came to believe, along with a good number of prominent Greek women and not a few men.
πολλοὶ μὲν οὖν ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐπίστευσαν, καὶ τῶν Ἑλληνίδων γυναικῶν τῶν εὐσχημόνων καὶ ἀνδρῶν οὐκ ὀλίγοι.

Mentionné dans la Bible (1)

Actes 20:4

Personnages liés

Sopater (from Berea)Paul's Traveling Party from BereaPaulApostle to the Gentiles