Bible Person

Hermogenes

Meaning: begotten of Mercury · Male · 1 cross reference

Hermogenes is one of those in Asia who turns away from Paul. He belongs to the New Testament's more sobering record of abandonment and strain within the mission field. First appears in 2 Tim 1:15.1

AI summary: Hermogenes matters because his single cross reference reminds the reader that apostolic ministry included painful experiences of desertion as well as support. The entry gives the church a personal example of how fear or pressure could fracture loyalty. Taken together, the material presents Hermogenes as a cautionary figure in the hardships surrounding Paul's work.1

Central Figure

Hermogenes

Meaning: begotten of Mercury

Mercury-born, at one time Paul’s fellow-labourer in Asia Minor, who, however, afterwards abandoned him, along with one Phygellus, probably on account of the perils by which they were beset (2 Tim.