Romans 16:8-10 - Exposition

Greet Amplias (or, Ampliatus ) my beloved in the Lord. Salute Urban ( i.e. Urbanus ) our fellow-worker in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. Salute Apellos approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household . As to who Aristobulus might be (viz. a grandson of Herod the Great, mentioned by Josephus, 'Ant.,' 20. l, 2, as being at Rome in a private station), see Lightfoot on 'Philippians,' p. 172, and 'Dict. of Gr. and Romans Biog.,' under "Aristobulus," 5. "Those of Aristobulus" ( τῶν αριστοβούλου ) would probably be his familia of slaves (cf. τῶν χλόης , 1 Corinthians 1:11 , and below, τῶν ναρκίσσου ). The salutation is not to the whole household, but to the Christians among them, as intimated by τοὺς ἐκ τῶν , and more definitely expressed below in the ease of the household of Narcissus.