Justus

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Justus
     (1.) Another name for Joseph, surnamed Barsabas. He and Matthias
     are mentioned only in Acts 1:23. "They must have been among the
     earliest disciples of Jesus, and must have been faithful to the
     end; they must have been well known and esteemed among the
     brethren. What became of them afterwards, and what work they


     did, are entirely unknown" (Lindsay's Acts of the Apostles).
     
       (2.) A Jewish proselyte at Corinth, in whose house, next door
     to the synagogue, Paul held meetings and preached after he left
     the synagogue (Acts 18:7).
     
       (3.) A Jewish Christian, called Jesus, Paul's only
     fellow-labourer at Rome, where he wrote his Epistle to the
     Colossians (Col. 4:11).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Justus, just or upright