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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 16:14

Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes ,.... The two first of these names are Greek, and the persons called by them, with Herodion before mentioned, are taken notice of in the Roman martyrology, as disciples of the apostle; Asyncritus is said to be bishop of Hyrcania, and Phlegon of Marathon, and both of the seventy disciples; See Gill on Luke 10:1 ; Hermas is said to be bishop of Philippi, or Aquileia, and brother of Pope Pius the First, and to be the author of the book... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 16:15

Salute Philologus, and Julia ,.... The first of these is a Greek name, and the name of a man, and signifies a lover of learning. This name Atteius assumed to himself, which Eratosthenes had done before him, because of his great learning F25 Suetonius de illustr. Gram. c. 10. ; this man is reckoned among the seventy disciples, and is said to be bishop of Sinope: See Gill on Luke 10:1 . Julia is a woman's name, and Roman, probably the wife of the former; one of Stephens's copies read,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 16:16

Salute one another with an holy kiss ,.... Christian salutation is a wishing all temporal, spiritual, and eternal happiness, to one another; and which, as it should be mutual, should be also hearty and sincere, and this is meant by the "holy kiss"; the allusion is to a common custom in most nations, used by friends at meeting or parting, to kiss each other, in token of their hearty love, and sincere affection and friendship for each other; and is called "holy", to distinguish it from an... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 16:17

Now I beseech you, brethren ,.... The apostle being about to finish his epistle, and recollecting that he had not given this church any instructions about the false teachers, who had been the cause of all their differences and uneasiness, inserts them here; or he purposely put them in this place, amidst his salutations, that they might be taken the more notice of; and very pertinently, since nothing could more express his great affection and tender concern for them; and these instructions he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 16:18

For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ ,.... They do not preach him, but themselves; they do not seek the things of Christ, his honour and glory, the spread of his Gospel, and the enlargement of his kingdom and interest; they seek their own things, worldly honour and applause, riches, wealth, and grandeur; they seek to please men, and so are not the servants of Christ: they introduced the observance of meats and drinks in to the kingdom of Christ, which it do not consist of,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 16:19

For your obedience is come abroad unto all men ,.... That is, as the Arabic and Ethiopic versions render it, "the fame" and report of their obedience to the faith, to the doctrine of the Gospel, and the ministers of it, was spread everywhere, was well known to everyone, and spoken of with commendeth among all the churches in all nations: and this the apostle mentions as another reason why they should beware of false teachers, since it would be greatly to their reproach, should they, after... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 16:20

And the God of peace ,.... See Gill on Romans 15:33 ; shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly . Some read this by way of wish or prayer, "may the God of peace bruise"; so the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions, and the Alexandrian copy; but others as ours, as a promise, or as expressive of the apostle's faith and hope in this matter; and which he mentions to encourage the members of this church to be upon their guard, and make head against these false teachers; since in a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 16:21

Timotheus my work fellow ,.... Now follow the salutations of the friends and companions of the apostle: we may imagine that when this epistle was just concluding, that these his friends being about him, one said, pray send my Christian salutation to our dear friends at Rome, so said a second, and likewise a third, and so on, and Timotheus he began. This is the same person with Timothy, a disciple the apostle met with at Derbe, whose father was a Greek, and his mother a Jewess, and a believer... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 16:11

Herodion, my kinsman - Probably another converted Jew. See on Romans 16:7 ; (note). Of the household of Narcissus - Probably dead also, as we have supposed Aristobulus to have been at this time. Which are in the Lord - This might intimate that some of this family were not Christians; those only of that family that were converted to the Lord being saluted. There was a person of the name of Narcissus, who was a freed man of the Emperor Claudius, mentioned by Suetonius in his life of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 16:12

Tryphena and Tryphosa - Two holy women, who it seems were assistants to the apostle in his work, probably by exhorting, visiting the sick, etc. Persis was another woman, who it seems excelled the preceding; for, of her it is said, she labored much in the Lord. We learn from this, that Christian women, as well as men, labored in the ministry of the word. In those times of simplicity all persons, whether men or women, who had received the knowledge of the truth, believed it to be their duty to... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 16:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 16:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 16:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 16:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 16:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 16:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 16:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 16:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 16:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 16:12

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