Crisp

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Crispus ( ancient Greek Κρίσπος from Latin Crispus 'Krauskopf' ), also Crispus of Corinth , was according to Acts 18.8  LUT at the time of Paul's second missionary trip the head of the synagogue in Corinth . He and his whole house came to believe in Jesus Christ through Paul's sermon and was baptized . Since Crispus was a well-known person - so the account of the Acts of the Apostles - many learned of his conversion, became believers and were also baptized.

According to 1 Corinthians 1:14  LUT , Crispus was the first convert in Corinth who was baptized by Paul himself. Paul left baptisms mostly to his co-workers; that he made an exception with Krispus was possibly connected with his position as synagogue director. Various contemporary sources have shown that the position of the synagogue director brought prestige. Sosthenes was his successor as ruler of the synagogue ( Acts 18,17  LUT ). He is said to have later become bishop of Aegina and died a martyr . Crispus is numbered among the seventy disciples .

Crispus is a Roman epithet with the meaning "Krauskopf."

Crispus is venerated as a saint ; his feast day is October 4th .

literature

  • Rainer Metzner: The celebrities in the New Testament: a prosopographical commentary . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011. ISBN 978-3-525-53967-5 . Pp. 440-443.
  • Rudolf Pesch : The Acts of the Apostles (EKK Volume V), Neukirchen-Vluyn 1986 (study edition 2012), ISBN 978-3-7887-2601-0 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rudolf Pesch: The Acts of the Apostles . S. 149 (The "hearing" refers to the news of the conversion of Crispus and not to Paul's sermon).
  2. ^ A b c Rainer Metzner: The celebrities in the New Testament . S. 442 .
  3. ↑ a b Crispus of Corinth in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
personal data
SURNAME Crisp
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Crispus; Crispus of Corinth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Synagogue ruler in Corinth
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century BC BC or 1st century
DATE OF DEATH 1st century or 2nd century