Mnason

AI summary: Mnason matters because his single cross reference shows Paul's journey being sustained by a mature believer whose faith reaches back to the church's earliest days. The entry highlights how homes, hospitality, and long-standing discipleship supported apostolic mission. Taken together, the material presents Mnason as an early disciple and host in the church's living network.¹

Reminding, or remembrancer, a Christian of Jerusalem with whom Paul lodged (Acts 21:16). He was apparently a native of Cyprus, like Barnabas (11:19, 20), and was well known to the Christians of Caesarea (4:36). He was an “old disciple” (R.V., “early disciple”), i.e., he had become a Christian in the beginning of the formation of the Church in Jerusalem. ³