Mnason in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Of Cyprus; possibly converted through Barnabas a Cypriote, and
one of those Cypriotes scattered abroad after Stephen's
martyrdom who preached to the Greeks at Antioch (Acts 4:36;
Acts 11:15; Acts 11:19-20). "An old disciple," perhaps one
from "the beginning" (as archaios in derivation means), i.e.
from the day of Pentecost. Translated Acts 21:16 "bringing us
to Mnason with whom we should lodge" at Jerusalem, Mnason
having a house there; the Caesarean brethren went to introduce
Paul and his company to Mnason at Jerusalem. As an "elder"
Mnason was "given to hospitality"
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