Bible Person
Meaning: the best prince · Male · 5 cross references
Aristarchus is the Thessalonian coworker who travels with Paul, shares danger with him, and is later remembered among his close companions. He is one of the steady supporting figures in the missionary movement. First appears in Acts 19:29.1
AI summary: Aristarchus matters because the cross references present him as a durable companion in both travel and hardship. He is caught up in the Ephesian turmoil, joins Paul's wider mission journeying, sails with him toward Rome, and appears in the prison letters as a trusted associate. His contribution is defined by endurance and proximity rather than public speeches. Taken together, the material presents Aristarchus as a loyal coworker whose constancy strengthens Paul's mission.1
Central Figure
Aristarchus
Meaning: the best prince
Best ruler, native of Thessalonica (Acts 20:4), a companion of Paul (Acts 19:29; 27:2).
Best ruler, native of Thessalonica (Acts 20:4), a companion of Paul (Acts 19:29; 27:2). He was Paul’s “fellow-prisoner” at Rome (Col. 4:10; Philemon 1:24). 3
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.