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ARISTION

(Gk. Aristíōn)

A 1st-century Christian known to Papias, a primary authority for traditions about the Lord. Aristion and John, characterized as “the Lord’s disciples” analogously with various of the 12 apostles, are said to have conveyed information to Papias “as the word of a living and surviving voice” (Eusebius HE 3.39.4). Presumably the text indicates that Aristion and John personally knew Jesus, although they were not members of the Twelve. Some read the same data as implying the two were disciples not of Jesus but of some of the Twelve.

Aristion ought not to be equated with Ariston of Pella, whom Eusebius knew had written about the Bar Kokhba Revolt (HE 4.6.4), in spite of the identification of the two made by Maximus the Confessor. However, an identification of the Aristion known to Papias, which is widely assumed to be accurate, is that found in a 10th-century Armenian manuscript ascription of the authorship of Mark 16:9-20 (the “longer ending” of Mark) to “the presbyter Aristion.” To assume this is the same person known to Papias is not, however, necessarily to assume he indeed wrote the verses in question.

Florence M. Gillman

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ARISTION

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)