Demas (New Testament)

Demas is mentioned in the New Testament by the apostle Paul as a collaborator ( Phlm 24 EU ). Demas is said to have been there during Paul's first captivity in Rome ( Col 4,14 EU ), but later he left the apostle out of “love for the world” ( 2 Tim 4,10 EU ) and moved to Thessalonica .

Christians see in Demas a parable of the fact that a follower of Christ can be overtaken by worldly temptations.

In the book " Pilgrimage to Blessed Eternity " by John Bunyan Demas is described as a deceiver who waves pilgrims from Mount Lucre to him and forces them to work in the local silver mining.

Individual evidence

^ Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr: Basic information New Testament: A biblical-theological introduction . UTB, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8252-3594-9 , p. 293.
↑ Pastor-Storch.de , accessed November 4, 2009.

[1] Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr: Basic information New Testament: A biblical-theological introduction . UTB, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8252-3594-9 , p. 293.

[2] Pastor-Storch.de , accessed November 4, 2009.