Bible Person
Meaning: the whole glory · Male · 2 cross references
Cleophas is the disciple on the road to Emmaus who encounters the risen Jesus in Luke, and he may also be connected to the Clopas named in John. He belongs to the intimate resurrection narratives where recognition comes gradually. First appears in Luke 24:18.1
AI summary: Cleophas matters because the cross references place him inside one of the most theologically rich resurrection scenes in the Gospels. His conversation with Jesus moves from confusion to burning understanding and finally to recognition, showing how Scripture and presence together open the eyes of disciples. Taken together, the material presents Cleophas as a resurrection witness whose experience models the transition from grief to faith.1
Central Figure
Cleophas
Meaning: the whole glory
(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).
Partners
(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. 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.