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Bible Dictionary

Stephanas

Crown, a member of the church at Corinth, whose family were among those the apostle had baptized (1 Cor. 1:16; 16:15, 17). He has been supposed by some to have been the “jailer of Philippi” (comp. Ac…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Crown, a member of the church at Corinth, whose family were among those the apostle had baptized (1 Cor. 1:16; 16:15, 17). He has been supposed by some to have been the “jailer of Philippi” (comp. Acts 16:33). The First Epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi some six years after the jailer’s conversion, and he was with the apostle there at that time.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

a Christian convert of Corinth whose household Paul baptized as the “first-fruits of Achaia.” (1 Corinthians 1:16; 16:15) (A.D. 53.)

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

STEPH'ANAS (crown) was one of the earliest converts to Christianity in Corinth, 1 Cor 16:15, and received baptism at the hands of Paul. 1 Cor 1:16.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

crown; crowned

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