Person

Aristarchus

Male

Best ruler, native of Thessalonica (Acts 20:4), a companion of Paul (Acts 19:29; 27:2). He was Paul’s “fellow-prisoner” at Rome (Col. 4:10; Philemon 1:24).

Relationships

Events Riot in Ephesus, Mission to Macedonia and Greece, Journey to Rome begins, Paul is shipwrecked by a storm, Paul stays at Malta, Paul arrives at Rome, Third Missionary Journey, Paul's Journey to Rome

Associated people Paul, Luke, Julius

Active in Asia, Phenice, Lasea, Fair Havens, Crete, Cnidus, Salmone, Alexandria, Cilicia, Lycia, Myra, Pamphylia, Cyprus, Sidon, Adramyttium, Italy, Adria, Syrtis, Clauda, Melita, Three Taverns, Rome, Puteoli, Rhegium, Syracuse

Key verses

Acts 20:4

These accompanied him as far as Asia: Sopater of Beroea; Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians; Gaius of Derbe; Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.

Philemon 1:24

as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

Colossians 4:10

Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you received commandments, “if he comes to you, receive him”),

Acts 19:29

The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel.

Acts 27:2

Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea; Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.