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Secundus
Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament
or (Σεκοῦνδος [TR [Note: R translated, translation.] ], Σέκουνδος [WH [Note: H Westcott-Hort’s Greek Testament.] , Blass])
Secundus was a Macedonian Christian belonging to the church of Thessalonica, by which he and Aristarchus were deputed to convey to Jerusalem the contributions of the Thessalonians on behalf of the poor brethren of the mother church. He accompanied St. Paul on his last journey to Jerusalem (Acts 20:4). The Apostle on this occasion intended to sail from Corinth, but the discovery of a plot at the last moment caused him to sail for Macedonia, where he may have met the deputies of the churches of Thessalonica and BerCEa. It is more probable, however, that they had been previously instructed to join the Apostle at Troas, where we find them along with deputies from Asia (Acts 20:5). It is uncertain whether Secundus remained in Syria after St. Paul’s arrest or returned to Thessalonica. He is never again mentioned in the NT, but the name occurs in the well-known inscription of Thessalonica (CIG [Note: IG Corpus Inscrip. Graecarum.] ii. 1967), which gives a list of politarchs.
Literature.-W. M. Ramsay, St. Paul the Traveller3, 1897, p. 287; R. J. Knowling in Expositor’s Greek Testament ii. [1900] 422; also articles in Hasting's Dictionary of the Bible (5 vols) and Encyclopaedia Biblica .
W. F. Boyd.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Secundus'. Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdn/s/secundus.html. 1906-1918.
