Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Romans 16:8

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Romans 16:8 - 16:8

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Romans 16:8 - 16:8

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8. Ἀμπλιᾶτον. S. H. refer to inscriptions showing that this common slave name occurs among the imperial household: but in particular, to a chamber in the cemetery of Domitilla, one of the earliest of Christian catacombs, containing the name AMPLIATI, in bold letters of the end of the first or beginning of the second century. The single personal name suggests a slave: the honour of an elaborately painted tomb suggests that he was very prominent in the earliest Roman Church: the connexion with Domitilla seems to show that it is the name of a slave or freedman through whom Christianity had penetrated into a second great Roman household. See the whole note.