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Epaphroditus (ēpăfrōdī`təs), in the New Testament, messenger from the Philippians to Paul in Rome. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| They had sent money to him twice when he was in Thessalonica (Phil 4:15-16), and most recently Epaphroditus had been their emissary (ambassador) and liturgist of Paul's need in prison (Phil 2:25) (50) by bringing a gift of money (Phil 4:18). Agrippina, the niece of emperor Claudius and mother of the infant Nero, enlists the aid of Epaphroditus, a young slave, in a plot to protect herself from a prophecy that her own son would murder her. The "Book of Martyrs" influenced Foxe's preface to the Whole Works, which praises Tyndale as "the Apostle of England," a Pauline epithet that likens him to Epaphroditus, the "Apostle of the Philippians" (Phil. |
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