Editing Epaphras

{{Short description|Observer of the apostle Paul}}
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'''Epaphras''' ({{langx|el|Ἐπαφράς}}) was an observer of the [[Apostle Paul]] mentioned twice in the [[New Testament]] [[epistle]] of [[Colossians]] and once in the New Testament letter to [[Epistle to Philemon|Philemon]].<ref>{{cite book | title=The Greek New Testament | url=https://archive.org/details/greeknewtestamen0000unse_t7p5 | url-access=registration | publisher=Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft United Bible Societies | year=2007 | location=Stuttgart | pages=[https://archive.org/details/greeknewtestamen0000unse_t7p5/page/685 685], 695 & 740 | isbn=9783438051103}}</ref>

==Analysis==
[[Douglas Moo]], in his commentary about Colossians, writes this about Epaphras: "Little is known about him, though we can infer that he was a native of Colossae and that he was perhaps converted by Paul himself during the apostle's ministry in Ephesus. The mention of a co-worker at this point in a Pauline epistle is unusual, and the strength of Paul's endorsement of him is also striking (note also 4:12-13)."<ref>{{cite book | title=The Letters to the Colossians and to Philemon | publisher=William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | author=Moo, Douglas J. | year=2008 | location=Grand Rapids | pages=90 | isbn=9781844743414}}</ref>

{{New Testament people}}

==References==
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{{Epistle to Philemon}}
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[[Category:People in the Pauline epistles]]
[[Category:Epistle to the Colossians]]
[[Category:Epistle to Philemon]]
[[Category:People from Colossae]]
[[Category:Seventy disciples]]