Apelles (Bible)

Apelles was an urban Roman Christian. He is mentioned in Rom 16,10 EU , where Paul of Tarsus calls him a “one who has been tried and tested in Christ”. With this formulation he is likely referred to as a missionary helper whom Paul could rely on in difficult situations. Peter Lampe , who examined the names in the Pauline list of greetings, counts Apelles among the people for whom immigration from the east of the empire is likely.

Individual evidence

↑ Ulrich Wilckens : The letter to the Romans (Rom 12-16) . (= Evangelical-Catholic Commentary VI / 3), Benziger / Neukirchener Verlag, Zurich et al. 1982, p. 136.
↑ Peter Lampe: The Roman Christians in the First Two Centuries: Investigations on Social History , Tübingen 1987, p. 138 f., Here cited from: Eckhard J. Schnabel : The Letter of Paul to the Romans , Volume 1 (= Historically Theological Interpretation ), Witten 2015, p. 31 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Apelles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Disciples of Jesus
DATE OF BIRTH	1st century BC BC or 1st century
DATE OF DEATH	1st century

[1] Ulrich Wilckens : The letter to the Romans (Rom 12-16) . (= Evangelical-Catholic Commentary VI / 3), Benziger / Neukirchener Verlag, Zurich et al. 1982, p. 136.

[2] Peter Lampe: The Roman Christians in the First Two Centuries: Investigations on Social History , Tübingen 1987, p. 138 f., Here cited from: Eckhard J. Schnabel : The Letter of Paul to the Romans , Volume 1 (= Historically Theological Interpretation ), Witten 2015, p. 31 f.