Sosthenes is a man named in Scripture as a brother with Paul and as a synagogue ruler seized and beaten.

Sosthenes is used as the name of a man: in 1 Corinthians 1:1 he is named alongside Paul as “the brother,” while Acts 18:17 identifies the named man as a synagogue ruler who is seized and beaten.

1. Personal name in two narrative settings · dominant

   The nominative singular form in 1 Corinthians 1:1 names Sosthenes alongside Paul; the APB renders the clause “and Sosthenes the brother.” The accusative singular form in Acts 18:17 identifies the person seized and beaten before the tribunal; the APB calls him “Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue.”

   1 Corinthians 1:1Acts 18:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Sosthenes” in both verses, adding “the brother” in 1 Corinthians 1:1 and “the ruler of the synagogue” in Acts 18:17. These descriptions occur in the translation’s whole-verse rendering.