(the best ruler ), a Thessalonian, ( Acts 20:4 ; 27:2 ) who accompanied St. Paul on his third missionary journey. ( Acts 19:29 ) He was with the apostle on his return to Asia, ( Acts 20:4 ) and again, Acts 27:2 on his voyage to Rome. We trace him afterwards as St. Pauls fellow prisoner in ( Colossians 4:10 ) and Phle 1:24 Tradition makes him bishop of Apamea.