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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:10

Demas hath forsaken me - This is another proof of the posteriority of this epistle: for Demas was with the apostle in his first imprisonment, and joins in the salutations, see Colossians 4:14 , which were written when Paul was a prisoner at Rome for the first time. Having loved this present world - Αγαπησας τον νυν αιωνα Having preferred Judaism to Christianity; or having loved the Jews, and having sought their welfare in preference to that of the Gentiles. The הזה עולם words ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:11

Only Luke is with me - This was Luke the evangelist, and writer of the Acts of the Apostles, who was always much attached to St. Paul, and it is supposed continued with him even to his martyrdom. Take Mark, and bring him with thee - This was John Mark, the sister's son of Barnabas, who, after having wavered a little at first, became a steady, zealous, and useful man; his name and conduct have been often before the reader. See the parallel passages. For he is profitable to me for the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:12

Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus - For this person, see Acts 20:4 ; Ephesians 6:21 ; Colossians 4:7 . It is rather strange that the apostle should say, I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus, if Timothy was at Ephesus at this time; but it is probable that Tychicus had been sent to Ephesus some time before this, and therefore the apostle might say, though writing now to Ephesus, Tychicus have I sent, etc. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:13

The cloak that I left at Troas - Τον φελονην is by several translated bag or portmanteau; and it is most likely that it was something of this kind, in which he might carry his clothes, books, and travelling necessaries. What the books were we cannot tell, it is most likely they were his own writings; and as to the parchments, they were probably the Jewish Scriptures and a copy of the Septuagint. These he must have had at hand at all times. The books and parchments now sent for could not be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:14

Alexander the coppersmith - We are not to understand this of any tradesman, but of some rabbin; for it was not unusual for the Jews to apply the name of some trade as an epithet to their rabbins and literary men. He is, in all probability, the very same mentioned Acts 19:33 ; (note); and it is not unlikely that he may have been the same whom the apostle was obliged to excommunicate, 1 Timothy 1:20 . The Lord reward him - Αποδῳη αυτῳ ὁ Κυριος· But instead of αποδῳη , which has... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:10

Verse 10 10Having embraced this world It was truly base in such a man to prefer the love of this world to Christ. And yet we must not suppose that he altogether denied Christ or gave himself up either to ungodliness or to the allurements of the world; but he merely preferred his private convenience, or his safety, to the life of Paul. He could not have assisted Paul without many troubles and vexations, attended by imminent risk of his life; he was exposed to many reproaches, and must have... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:13

Verse 13 Bring the cloak which I left at Troas As to the meaning of the word φελόνη, (201) commentators are not agreed; for some think that it is a chest or box for containing books, and others that it is a garment used by travelers, and fitted for defending against cold and rain. Whether the one interpretation or the other be adopted, how comes it that Paul should give orders to have either a garment or a chest brought to him from a place so distant, as if there were not workmen, or as if... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:14

Verse 14 14Alexander the coppersmith In this man was exhibited a shocking instance of apostasy. He had made profession of some zeal in advancing the reign of Christ, against which he afterwards carried on open war. No class of enemies is more dangerous or more envenomed than this. But from the beginning, the Lord determined that his Church should not be exempted from this evil, lest our courage should fail when we are tried by any of the same kind. Hath done me many evil things It is proper to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:9-12

The apostle's loneliness and need of assistance and comfort. The longing for sympathy and help in his hour of trial was natural. "Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me." There were several reasons for his desire to see Timothy, apart from the natural anxiety to see the most attached of his faithful disciples. I. THE APOSTLE HAD BEEN DESERTED BY DEMAS . "Demas hath forsaken me." 1 . This brought great distress to the apostle: 2 . The cause of the desertion... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:9-22

"Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth clave unto her." In this little social incident of some three thousand years ago, which may have passed at the time with little observation, we have a pithy and pregnant example set before us, with the usual searching wisdom of Holy Scripture, of the difference between friendship and friendship, religion and religion, according as they lie deep in the roots of the heart or merely lie on the surface. The contrast between Demas and Luke affords... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Timothy 4:14

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:9-12

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:9-22

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