Search results
- (Luke 24:18) Some think the same as Cleophas in (John 19:25) But they are probably two different persons. Cleopas is a Greek name, contracted from Cleopater, while Cleophas, or Clopas as in the Revised Version, is an Aramaic name, the same as Alphaeus.
biblehub.com/topical/c/cleopas.htm
People also ask
Is Clopas and Alphaeus the same person?
Are Cleophas and Alphaeus the same person?
Is Cleopas the same person as Clopas?
Who is Clopas in the Bible?
Is Mary the wife of Clopas the same person as Alphaeus?
Is 'Clopas' a Hebrew word?
Cleopas. One of the disciples at Emmaus, Lk 24:18; the name is probably the same as Clopas (jn 19:25), and Alphaeus (Mk 3:18 and parallels) may be used as a Greek equivalent; but any identification of the characters is merely conjectural. Clopas (AV Cleophas) is named only in Jn 19:25.
Those who hold that Alphaeus and Clopas are the same also think that Alphaeus had two names, as many men did at that time—as Saul and Paul. While it is possible that Alphaeus and Clopas are the same person, it is impossible to determine it absolutely.
More recently, Alphaeus has been identified with Clopas, based on the identification from parallel Gospel accounts of Mary, the mother of James the third woman with Mary Magdalene and Salome, wife of Zebedee beside the cross in Matthew with Mary of Clopas, the third woman in John's account.
In medieval tradition Clopas is the second husband of Saint Anne and the father of "Mary of Clopas". [8] Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions believed that Clopas is a brother of Saint Joseph, and that he is the same person with Cleopas. [9]
If the James mentioned in Matthew 27 and Mark 15 is James, the son of Alphaeus, then Clopas is the same as Alphaeus. Some of the later Church Fathers identified Clopas with Cleopas, one of the disciples to whom Jesus appeared on the road to Emmaus after His Resurrection ( Luke 24:18 ; see Cleopas ), but the latter is clearly a Gr. name while ...
Mar 26, 2023 · According to early Christian tradition, Cleophas and Alphaeus are the same person. Cleophas is said to be the husband of Mary, who was the mother of James, Simon, and Thaddeus. Alphaeus is also said to be the father of Joseph, who is mentioned in the New Testament.
It seems impossible to determine absolutely whether or not Alpheus, the father of the second James, and Clopas of John 19:25 are the same person, but it is quite probable that they are. A. W. Fortune Greek
