Erastus of Corinth

According to the tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Erastus is numbered among the Seventy Disciples.

He served as a deacon and steward of the Church at Jerusalem and later of Paneas in Palestine.

However, researchers have also questioned whether it is even possible to conclude from the mention in the New Testament that Erastus was a Christian.

[2] And having sent into Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you.

Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.Erastus remained at Corinth, and I left Trophimus, who was ill, at Miletus.In 1928/1929 and 1947,[3] parts of an inscription mentioning an Erastus were found near a paved area northeast of the theater of Corinth.