Dict: smith - ERASTUS

smith:

ERASTUS - E>@ - (beloved). One of the attendants of St. Paul at Ephesus, who with Timothy was sent forward into Macedonia. kjv@Acts:19:22) (A.D. 51.) He is probably the same with Erastus who is again mentioned in the salutations to Timothy. ( kjv@2Timothy:4:20) Erastus the chamberlain, or rather the public treasurer, of Corinth, who was one of the early converts to Christianity. kjv@Romans:16:23) According to the traditions of the Greek Church, he was first treasurer to the church at Jerusalem, and afterwards bishop of Paneas.