Cleopas
Cleopas is best known as one of the two disciples whom the risen Jesus met on their way to Emmaus ( Lk 24.18 EU ).
It is controversial whether Cleopas is identical with Cleophas / Klopas , who is mentioned in John 19.25 EU with Mary of Cleophas , who was under Jesus' cross . Cleopas suggests the Greek name Cleopatros , while Klopas is known as a Semitic name. Richard Bauckham sees Klopas as a rare Semitic form of the Greek Cleopas and, due to the rarity of the name, assumes that Cleopas is identical to the Klopas mentioned in Hegesippus and was one of the relatives of Jesus who played a leading role in the Palestinian Jewish Christian community.
According to Hegesippus, Clopas was the brother of Joseph , the foster father of Jesus, as well as the father of Simon or Simeon , who, after Eusebius of Caesarea, succeeded his cousin James as the leader of the early church in Jerusalem .
In the writings of Dorotheus and Hippolytus of Rome Cleopas himself is mentioned as the second bishop of Jerusalem (after James).
Remembrance day
His Catholic and Orthodox Memorial Day is September 25th .
Pawn rule
The the name- appropriate Bauer rule is:
“ If it is foggy on St. Cleophas, it will be wet all winter. "
Individual evidence
- ^ Richard Bauckham : Jesus and the Eyewitnesses. Cambridge 2006, ISBN 978-0-8028-3162-0
- ↑ Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 3.11; 4.22.4
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cleopas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Disciples of Jesus and Bishop of Jerusalem |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century or 2nd century |