Romans 16:14
Asyncritus ( Ασυνκριτον ). There is an inscription of a freedman of Augustus with this name.Phlegon ( Φλεγοντα ). No light on this name till the historian of the second century A.D.
Hermes ( Hερμην ). A very common slave name.
Patrobas ( Πατροβαν ). Name of a freedman of Nero, abbreviated form of Patrobius.
Hermas ( Hερμαν ). Not the author of the Shepherd of Hermas. Common as a slave name, shortened form of Hermagoras, Hermogenes, etc.
The brethren that are with them ( τους συν αυτοις αδελφους ). Perhaps a little church in the house of some one.
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