Erastus: Beloved.1. The "chamberlain" of the city of Corinth
(Romans 16:23) and one of
Paul's disciples. As treasurer of such a city he was a public
officer of great dignity, and his conversion to the gospel was
accordingly a proof of the wonderful success of the apostle's
labours.
2. A companion of Paul at Ephesus, who was sent by him along with
Timothy into Macedonia
(Acts 19:22) Corinth was his usual place of
abode
(2 Timothy 4:20) but probably he may have been the same as the
preceding.
