Artemas

Artemas was a companion and coworker of Paul, mentioned in Titus 3:12 as one whom Paul might send to Crete to relieve Titus, enabling Titus to join Paul at Nicopolis for the winter. The passage implies that Artemas was a trusted associate capable of serving as a pastoral leader in Crete's young churches in Titus's absence. His name is a shortened form of Artemidorus, meaning 'gift of Artemis,' which was a common Greek name. Whether Paul ultimately sent Artemas or Tychicus to Crete is not recorded; he is otherwise unknown in the New Testament.