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Aristarchus, Paul's Fellow Prisoner (TMF:2898)

Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Peace to Live By: Aristarchus, Paul's Fellow Prisoner (TMF:2898) - Daniel Litton
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       “Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions—if he comes to you, welcome him), and Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me” (Colossians 4:10, 11, ESV). Let’s start first in talking about Aristarchus. We first meet him in Acts 19 where he is among Paul’s companions who are seized with Paul at the riot in Ephesus. That was when the idol-makers came against him because of what he was preaching, and they feared they were going to be put out of business, He is also with Paul when he sets sail to Rome in Acts 27, wherein, in verse 2, Luke says, “we put to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica” (ESV). Now, the second man here we have a lot of knowledge about, for this is Mark, who wrote the Gospel of Mark, and had even had a falling out with Paul at one point.