Cleophas
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his
mother's sister, Mary the [wife] of Cleophas, and Mary
Magdalene....
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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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Husband of one of the Marys
Joh 19:25...
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Revised Version Clo'pas, the husband of Mary the sister of
Virgin Mary. Joh 19:25 He was probably dead before Jesus'
ministry began, for his wife and children constantly appear
with Joseph's family in the time of our Lord's ministry. --
Englishman's Cyc. [CLEOPAS; ALPHAEUS]...
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(in the spelling of this word _h_ is inserted by mistake from
Latin MSS.), rather Cleopas, which is the Greek form
of the
word, while Clopas is the Aramaic form. In John 19:25
the
Authorized Version reads, "Mary, the wife of Clopas."
The word
"wife" is conjecturally inserted here. If "wife" is
rightly
inserted, then Mary was the mother of ...
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