Demas

A companion who deserted Paul, 'having loved this present world'.

Role: Former companion of Paul

Lived: 1st century

What we know — and how we know it

Scholarly — supported scholarly belief · 1

Name & titles

Scholarly'Demas' (Greek Demas) is generally understood as a shortened, hypocoristic form of a fuller Greek name such as Demetrius or Demarchus, a common pattern for Greek personal names in the New Testament period.

Onomastic (Greek name) analysis of the hypocoristic form.

Where in scripture

Colossians 2 Timothy Philemon

Colossians 4:14 2 Timothy 4:10 Philemon 1:24