An inscription found at Corinth in 1929 names Erastus (Acts 19:22; Rom 16:23; 2 Tim 4:20). The inscription reads as follows: Erastus in return for his aedileship [administrative position] paved it [entrance to the theater] at his own expense. The Erastus of this inscription likely corresponds to the Erastus of Acts and Paul’s letters. A separate tradition holds that Erastus was one of the seventy (or seventy-two) disciples sent out by Jesus (Luke 10:1–23). Discoveries
