Clopas
Biblical figure present at Calvary; "Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene."
d. 1st century
Clopas is a figure of early Christianity. The name appears in the New Testament, specifically in John 19:25:Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
Places
- Palestine birth
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
Also recorded as
- Cleopas possibly same
Glosses
- Clopas and Cleopas Two names one letter apart stand in the passion narratives and the church has never quite decided whether they are one man. Clopas appears once, and only in a genitive: standing by the cross was 'Mary the wife of…