The Philippian sent to Paul in prison with the congregation's gift, and the man carrying the letter back (Philippians 2:25-30; 4:18). His name means 'lovely' or 'charming' and is built on APHRODITE — a perfectly ordinary Greek name that nobody in the letter finds worth remarking on. Paul says he 'came near to death' on the errand and had risked his life, and asks the congregation to receive him with honour rather than disappointment — which reads as though someone might have thought he had cut the trip short.