Cleopas, also spelled Cleophas, was a figure of early Christianity, one of the two disciples who encountered Jesus during the Road to Emmaus appearance in Luke 24:13–32.
Cleopas from the Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio, London, 1601
According to the Gospel of John, Mary of Clopas was one of the women present at the crucifixion of Jesus and bringing supplies for his funeral. The expression Mary of Clopas in the Greek text is ambig
Cleopas
…the two disciples who encountered Jesus during the Road to Emmaus appearance in Luke 24:13–32. Some writers claim that the name Clopas in John 19:25 ("Mary of Clopas", "Κλωπᾶς") is a Hellenized form of a claimed Aramaic name "Qlopha" (קלופא), and that Cleopas' name ("Κλεόπας") is an abbreviated form of "Cleopatros…
Detail from The Entombment of Christ by Caravaggio, 1603–1604
Saint Mary Cleophas and Her Family by Bernhard Strigel
Santa Maria Jacobe (2024 Good Friday processions, Philippines)