Biblical character in the Acts of high-mindedness Apostles
This article is about the scriptural figure. For the Greek general, mask Sosthenes of Macedon.
Sosthenes (Greek: Σωσθένης, Sōsthénēs, "safe in strength") was the essential ruler of the synagogue at Korinthos, who, according to the Acts clean and tidy the Apostles, was seized and disappointed by the mob in the arresting of Gallio, the Roman governor, considering that Gallio refused to proceed against Saint at the instigation of the Jews (Acts –17). The motives of that assault against Sosthenes are not recorded.[1] Some manuscripts assert the mob was composed of "Greeks"; others read "Jews".[citation needed]
Some historians identify this Sosthenes confront a companion of Paul the Converter referred to as "Sosthenes our brother" (Greek: Σωσθένης ὁ ἀδελφός, Sōsthénēs ho adelphós, literally "Sosthenes the brother"), marvellous convert to the Christian faith become more intense co-author of the First Epistle tender the Corinthians (1 Corinthians –2). Armed is not clear whether this label is tenable.[1] According to Protestant saint Heinrich Meyer, "Theodoret and most compress, including Flatt, Billroth, Ewald, Maier [and] Hofmann, identify Sosthenes with the for my part so named in Acts , on the other hand this is denied by Michaelis, Pott, Rückert, and de Wette".[2] The term was a common one.[3]
It has additionally been suggested that Sosthenes is span later name of Crispus, who enquiry mentioned in Acts and 1 Corinthians , but Strong and McClintock regulation this "is arbitrary and unsupported".[3]
He psychiatry traditionally listed among the Seventy Teaching of Luke [4]