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The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:3-5

Fellowship in toil and suffering. Paul had a marvellous power of drawing around him like-minded natures, to whom, by God's grace, he imparted much of his own spirit, and whose assistance vastly increased the effect of his benevolent ministry. Among these were Aquila and his wife Prisca, or Priscilla, whom he first met at Corinth, and to whom he was drawn by their common occupation as tent-makers. If not at that time Christians, they evidently became so through his instruction and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 16:3

Greet Priscilla and Aquila - Salute; implying the apostle’s kind remembrance of them, and his wishes for their welfare.Priscilla - Priscilla was the wife of Aquila. They are mentioned in Acts 18:2, Act 18:26; 1 Corinthians 16:19. Paul at first found them at Corinth. Aquila was a Jew, born in Pontus, who had resided at Rome, and who had left Rome, and come to Corinth, when Claudius expelled the Jews from Rome; see the notes at Acts 18:2. It is probable that they were converted under the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 16:3-5

Romans 16:3-5. Greet Or, salute, as ασπασασθε is generally rendered; Priscilla and Aquila That is, declare to them my Christian love, and desires of their welfare. The apostle first became acquainted with this excellent couple at Corinth, to which city they had come from Rome in consequence of a decree of the Emperor Claudius commanding all Jews to depart thence. When Paul left Corinth the first time, they accompanied him to Ephesus, Acts 18:2; Acts 18:18-19: and when he departed from... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 16:1-27

Personal greetings (16:1-27)The person who took this letter to Rome was Phoebe, a woman well respected for her work in the church in Cenchreae, one of the seaports of Corinth. She had been a tireless helper of Paul and many others, and Paul asks the Roman Christians to welcome her (16:1-2).Paul then sends greetings to a number of people whom he had met during his missionary travels and who now lived in Rome. First among these were Paul’s loyal friends, Aquila and Priscilla. They were now back... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 16:3

Greet = Salute. See Acts 18:22 . Priscilla and Aquila . The texts read Prisca (dim.) as in 2 Timothy 4:19 . See Acts 18:2 , Acts 18:18 , Act 18:26 ; 1 Corinthians 16:19 , for all we know of these helpers. Whether converts of Paul is not clear, but they were deeply taught in the Scriptures and the "Way" of God, as is shown in Acts 18:26 . helpers = fellow-labourers. Greek. sunergos. Compare Philippians 1:4 , Philippians 1:3 . See 1 Corinthians 3:9 . Christ Jesus . App-98 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 16:3

Salute Prisca and Aquila my fellow-workers in Christ Jesus."Priscilla" is the diminutive form of the name Prisca and was probably the term used by her close friends and associates (Acts 18:2); but Paul, in such a formal letter as this to a congregation where he had never visited, would naturally have used her more formal name, Prisca.Amazingly, she is mentioned first, even ahead of her husband, and first of all those whom Paul was about to name. From this it has been concluded that she was more... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 16:3

Romans 16:3. Greet Priscilla and Aquila— This excellent couple appear by this passage to have returned to Rome on the ceasing of that edict against the Jews, which had driven them thence in the reign of Claudius; Acts 18:2. Priscilla seems to have been a woman of great note, and probably of distinguished genius and influence; which appears, not only from the manner in which she is here named, but also from the edification which the eloquent Apollos received from her instructions, in concurrence... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 16:3

3-5. Salute Priscilla—The true reading here is "Prisca" (as in :-), a contracted form of Priscilla, as "Silas" of "Silvanus." and Aquila my helpers—The wife is here named before the husband (as in Acts 18:18; Romans 16:26, according to the true reading; also in 2 Timothy 4:19), probably as being the more prominent and helpful to the Church. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 16:3-5

Paul met Prisca-Priscilla is the diminuitive form-and her husband Aquila in Corinth (Acts 18:2). When he left for Ephesus, he took them with him (Acts 18:18). He left them in Ephesus when he moved on to Jerusalem (Acts 18:19). In Ephesus they helped Apollos (Acts 18:24-28). Later they returned to Rome where they had lived previously (Acts 18:2). Later still they returned to Ephesus (2 Timothy 4:19). Churches normally met in houses at this time, and one met in theirs (cf. Romans 16:23; 1... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 16:3-16

2. Various greetings to Christians in Rome 16:3-16It may seem unusual that Paul knew so many people by name in the church in Rome since he had never visited it. However travel in the Roman Empire was fairly easy during Paul’s lifetime. Probably he had met some of these people elsewhere and knew others of them by reputation.Most of the names are Latin or Greek, but some of these people were evidently Jews who, like Paul, also had Greek or Latin names (e.g., Romans 16:7; Romans 16:11). In his... read more

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