ANDRONICUS.—A Christian greeted by St. Paul (Rom_16:7) as a ‘kinsman,’ i.e. as a fellow-countryman (cf. Rom_9:3; Rom_16:11; Rom_16:21), who had been imprisoned for Christ; distinguished as an Apostle (in the largest sense of the name), and a believer from early days, having perhaps come to Rome after the persecution of Act_11:19).