Editing Cleopas (section)

==Etymology==
Some writers claim that the name [[Clopas]] in John 19:25 ("[[Mary of Clopas]]", "Κλωπᾶς") is a Hellenized form of a claimed [[Aramaic]] name "Qlopha" (קלופא), and that Cleopas' name ("Κλεόπας") is an abbreviated form of "Cleopatros" (Κλεόπατρος), a Greek name meaning "glory of the father" (best known in the feminine form [[Cleopatra (disambiguation)|Cleopatra]]).<ref>Richard R. Losch ''All the people in the Bible: an A-Z guide to the saints'' 2008 Page 279 "Clopas (Κλοπας) is the Hellenized form of the Aramaic Qlopa (קלופא), while Cleopas (Κλεοπας) is a common abbreviated form of the Greek name Cleopatros (Κλεοπατρος)."</ref>

[[Catholic Church|Catholic]] and [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] traditions hold that [[Clopas]], believed to be the brother of [[Saint Joseph]], is the same person as Cleopas.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2682 |title=St. Cleophas |publisher=Catholic Online}}</ref> Others consider that Clophas, Cleophas and [[Alphaeus]] are all the same name.<ref>An American commentary on the New Testament: Issues 13–18 Alvah Hovey – 1890 "They argue that Alphaeus is the Greek form of the Hebrew Cleophas; that Mary, the wife of Cleophas, and the mother of James and Joses (Mark 15 ... The evidence is not entirely satisfactory that Alphaeus and Cleophas are the same name."</ref>