Jason

Jason appears in the UPDV at the close of the letter to the Romans, named among Paul's kinsmen who join in greeting the Roman church. The single verse that carries him places him in company — beside Timothy, Lucius, and Sosipater — and identifies him by kinship with the apostle.

A Kinsman in Paul's Greeting

At the end of Romans, Jason is set inside a triad attached to Timothy's salutation: "Timothy my coworker greets you⁺; and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen" (Ro 16:21). Three details fix him in this verse. He is one of the "kinsmen" — kin-fellows of Paul. He stands in company with Lucius and Sosipater, the two other kinsmen named alongside him. And his appearance is in the act of greeting: he is among those whose salutation Paul forwards to the Roman believers, attached to the greeting that also carries Timothy the coworker.