Kleofa

Kleofa (kwa Kigiriki Κλεόπας, KleopasRichard R. Losch All the people in the Bible: an A-Z guide to the saints 2008 Page 279 "Clopas (Κλοπας) is the Hellenized form of the Aramaic Qlopa (קלופא), while Cleopas (Κλεοπας) is a common abbreviated form of the Greek name Cleopatros (Κλεοπατρος)."An American commentary on the New Testament: Issues 13-18 Alvah Hovey - 1890 "They argue that Alphaeus is the Greek form of the Hebrew Cleophas; that Mary, the wife of Cleophas, and the mother of James and Joses (Mark 15...) The evidence is not entirely satisfactory that Alphaeus and Cleophas are the same name.") alikuwa Mkristo wa karne ya 1, maarufu kwa kutokewa na Yesu Kristo mfufuka akiwa njiani kutoka Yerusalemu kwenda Emau pamoja na mwanafunzi mwingine (Lk 24:13-32).

Simulizi la Injili ya Luka
Ilikuwa siku ya tatu baada ya kifo cha Yesu, ambayo ndiyo ya ufufuko wake kadiri ya Agano Jipya. Ingawa hao wanafunzi wawili walikuwa wamesikia kwamba kaburi la Yesu lilionekana tupu, hawakupata moyo wa kubaki mjini zaidi. 

Njiani walikuwa wakishirikishana huzuni yao kwa sababu Yesu alishindwa kurudisha ufalme wa Israeli. Ghafla mgeni akaongozana nao na kuulizia sababu ya huzuni yao. Baadaye aliwakaripia kwa kukosa imani akawafafanulia utabiri wa Agano la Kale kuhusu Masiya. Hapo mioyo yao ilikuwa kama inawaka wanapomsikiliza https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/72000.

Walipofikia kijijini walimuomba abaki nao usiku, lakini walipoanza kula, mgeni huyo alimega mkate: ndipo walipomtambua kuwa Yesu. 

Hapo mwenyewe alitoweka, nao wakarudi mjini kupasha habari kwa mitume wake, waliomuambia kwamba Yesu amemtokea pia Simoni Petro.

Habari hiyo inasimuliwa kifupi na nyongeza ya Injili ya Marko pia (16:12-13).

Taarifa za baadaye
Mara nyingine Kleofa huyo anasemekana ndiye yule anayetajwa na Injili ya Yohane (19:25).Tom Wright, Luke for Everyone. SPCK, London. 2002

Mwanahistoria, askofu Eusebius wa Kaisarea, anaripoti maandishi ya Hegesippus, ambaye mwaka 180 hivi BK alisema kwamba miaka ya nyuma aliwahi kudodosa wajukuu wa Mtume Yuda akajibiwa kuwa Kleofa alikuwa ndugu wa Yosefu, mume wa Bikira Maria "After the martyrdom of James, it was unanimously decided that Simeon, son of Cleophas, was worthy to occupy the see of Jerusalem. He was, it is said, a cousin of the Saviour." Hegesippus noted that Cleophas was a brother of Joseph (Eusebius, Hist. eccl., III, 11).

Tangu kale Kleofa anaheshimiwa kama mtakatifu: na Wakatoliki tarehe 25 SeptembaMartyrologium Romanum, na Waorthodoksi tarehe 30 OktobaCleopas, Apostle of the 70 - Online Chapel - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, na Wakopti tarehe 10 Novemba.

Tazama pia
Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo
Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko

Tanbihi

Viungo vya nje
Catholic Encyclopedia: Cleophas
www.emmaus-nicopolis.org

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