# Epaphras, A Fellow Prisoner Of Paul, Slain Under Nero, About A. D. 70.

c. 70 · Historical source

Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: EPAPHRAS, A FELLOW PRISONER OF PAUL, SLAIN UNDER NERO, ABOUT A. D. 70.

Source heading; not independently verified

Epaphras was a faithful minister of Jesus Christ
for the church at Colosse, which, while in bonds at
Rome, he saluted by the hand of Paul, as appears
from the epistle Paul wrote from his prison at Rome
to the Colossians, in which, among other things,
he says: “Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant
of Christ, saluteth you, always laboring fervently for
you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete
in all the will of God. For I bear him record,
that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are
in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.” Col. 4:12,13.

Concerning his being a prisoner with Paul, or,
apparently, sharing the same dungeon with him,
Paul writes to Philemon, in the conclusion of the
epistle: “There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow
prisoner in Christ Jesus.” Verse 23.

Hence, it follows that those write not without
foundation, who hold that Epaphras also suffered a
violent death under the persecution of Nero. Idem,
Ibidem. ex Mart. Rom. 19. Jul.





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