A resident of Troas. Timothy is instructed to bring the cloak and books which Paul left with Carpus (2 Tim. 4: 13), which seems to imply that the writer hoped for a period of activity longer than the imminent martyrdom foreshadowed in 4: 6–8.
Citation for Carpus
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"Carpus." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 22, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e357>.
Chicago
"Carpus." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e357 (accessed May 22, 2013).