Bible Person

Antipas

Meaning: for all · Male · 1 cross reference

Antipas is the faithful martyr named in the message to Pergamum in Revelation. He appears as a witness who remains loyal to Christ in a setting of intense spiritual and social pressure. First appears in Rev 2:13.1

AI summary: Antipas matters because his single cross reference gives a concrete human face to endurance under persecution in Revelation's opening letters. Even with almost no biographical detail, his faithfulness unto death embodies the call for the churches to hold fast in hostile environments. Taken together, the material presents Antipas as a remembered martyr whose steadfastness strengthens the church's witness.1

Central Figure

Antipas

Meaning: for all

A “faithful martyr” (Rev.