Cleopas
And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said
unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not
known the things which are come to pass there in these days?...
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(or Cleophas, Greek Κλεόπας) was a figure of early
Christianity, one of the two disciples who encountered Jesus
during the Road to Emmaus appearance in the Gospel of Luke
24:13-32. Cleopas' name is an abbreviated form of Cleopatros,
a common Hellenistic name meaning "son of a renowned father".
Cleopas is remembered on 25 November in the Martyr...
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kle'-o-pas (Kleopas, "renowned father"): One of the two
disciples whom Jesus met on the way to Emmaus (Lk 24:18). The
name is a contraction of Cleopatros, not identical with Clopas
of Jn 19:25...
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A disciple to whom Jesus appeared after his resurrection
Lu 24:18...
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(of a renowned father), one of the two disciples who were
going to Emmaus on the day of the resurrection. Lu 24:18 Some
think the same as Cleophas in Joh 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 Alp...
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(abbreviation of Cleopatros), one of the two disciples with
whom
Jesus conversed on the way to Emmaus on the day of the
resurrection (Luke 24:18). We know nothing definitely
regarding
him. It is not certain that he was the Clopas of John
19:25, or
the Alphaeus of Matt. 10:3, although he may have been
so....
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One of the two disciples who walked to Emmaus on the day of
Christ's resurrection, and unconsciously spoke with Him (Luke
24:18). Identified by some with Alphaeus or Clopas or Cleophas
(John 19:25). (See ALPHAEUS.) But Alphaeus or Clopas is an
Aramaic name; whereas Cleopas is a Greek name, contracted from
Cleopater, as Antipas from Antipater. ...
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