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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:10

Aristarchus my fellow prisoner saluteth you ,.... This man was a man of Macedonia, and a Thessalonian; Acts 19:29 which hinders not but that he might be of the circumcision, or a Jew, as is suggested in the following verse; for he might be born at Thessalonica, and yet be of Jewish parents; nor is his Greek name any objection to it, for the Jews themselves say, that the greatest part of the Israelites that were out of the land, their names are as the names of strangers F12 T. Bab.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:11

And Jesus, which is called Justus ,.... The former of these names is the same with Joshua, and was very frequent with the Jews, and the later a surname that was sometimes given to men remarkable for holiness and righteousness: so Joseph, called Barsabas, is surnamed Justus, Acts 1:23 and James, the brother of our Lord, was called by the Jews James the Just F13 Euseb. Eccl. Hist. l. 2. c. 1. : whether this man was not the same with Justus of Corinth, whose house joined to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you ,.... A native of Colosse, and one of their faithful ministers; see Colossians 1:7 . A servant of Christ ; not merely in the same sense as every believer is, but as he was a preacher of the Gospel, in which he faithfully served his Lord and master, Christ: saluteth you ; sends his Christian respects to you, for whom he bore a sincere love and hearty affection, as appears by what follows: always labouring fervently for you in prayers ; in all his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:13

For I bear him record ,.... The apostle was an eye and ear witness of his fervent prayers, his labour of love, and zealous affection for these saints and others; and therefore, as he judged he ought, he bears a testimony for him, that he hath a great zeal for you ; for their spiritual welfare, that the Gospel might continue with them, and they in that, against false teachers, and their attempts to subvert them; that they might grow in the grace of the Gospel, and walk worthy of it, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:14

Luke, the beloved physician ,.... Luke the Evangelist, though some doubt it, is here intended, who was a constant companion of the apostle in his troubles, and went with him to Rome, as the Acts of the Apostles wrote by him show, and as from 2 Timothy 4:11 it appears; so Jerom F14 Catalog. Script. Eccles. p. 91. Vid. Nicephor. Hist. l. 2. c. 43. calls the Evangelist Luke, the physician of Antioch, for from thence he was; and being converted by the Apostle Paul, as is very probable,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:15

Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea ,.... Where there was a church mentioned in the following verse, of which see on Gill Revelation 2:10 . And Nymphas ; which some, unskilful in the Greek language, have took for a woman; whereas it is the name of a man, as the following words show; and is a contraction of Nymphios, or Nymphidios, or Nymphodoros: and the church which is in his house . This man seems to have been an inhabitant of Laodicea, and that the church there met at his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:16

And when this epistle is read amongst you , Which the apostle was now writing, and sent unto them; and which was to be read publicly, before the whole church; being sent not to any particular person, or persons, but to the whole body, and for their general good and instruction: cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans ; his will was, that after it had been read to the church at Colosse, it should be sent, or at least a copy of it, to the church of the Laodiceans, in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:17

And say to Archippus ,.... A name common among the Grecians. This person the apostle calls his fellow soldier, in Philemon 1:2 and who was now the minister of the Gospel at Colosse, his fellow minister, or co-pastor Epaphras, being at Rome, and a prisoner there; though by some he is said to be the first bishop of the Laodiceans, but it seems most likely that he now resided at Colosse, and was their minister: who being negligent in his office, they are called upon to say unto him, take... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:18

The salutation by the hand of me Paul ,.... After his amanuensis had finished the epistle, he added his usual salutation to it with his own hand, to prevent all counterfeits and impositions, and that the churches to whom he wrote might be sure of the genuineness of his epistles; but before he added it to it, he either wrote with his own hand, or ordered to be written the following words, remember my bonds ; this he says, partly that they might be animated to abide by the Gospel, for... read more

Adam Clarke

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

Continue in prayer - This was the apostle's general advice to all; without this, neither wives, husbands, children, parents, servants, nor masters, could fulfill the duties which God, in their respective stations, required of them. All might, power, and life come from God; his creatures are continually dependent upon him for all these: to earnest, persevering prayer, he has promised every supply; but he who prays not has no promise. How few wives feel it their duty to pray to God to give... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 4:18

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

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