Lovely, spoken of by Paul (Col. 1:7; 4:12) as “his dear fellow-servant,” and “a faithful minister of Christ.” He was thus evidently with him at Rome when he wrote to the Colossians. He was a distinguished disciple, and probably the founder of the Colossian church. He is also mentioned in the Epistle to Philemon (1:23), where he is called by Paul his “fellow-prisoner.”
Person
Epaphras
- Name means
- covered with foam
- Mentioned
- 3 verses · first in Colossians 1:7
About Epaphras
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
On the timeline
- AD 57Paul's First Roman imprisonmentActs 28:17–31
Every mention
People data: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0). Dates are traditional estimates.