George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Hebrews 13:23
Our brother, Timothy, is set at liberty. From which we may conjecture that Timothy had been a prisoner, though it is not known where, nor on what occasion. (Witham)
Our brother, Timothy, is set at liberty. From which we may conjecture that Timothy had been a prisoner, though it is not known where, nor on what occasion. (Witham)
Verse 23. _KNOW YE THAT_ OUR _BROTHER TIMOTHY_] The word ημων, _our_, which is _supplied_ by our translators, is very probably genuine, as it is found in ACD*, ten others, the _Syriac_, Erpen's _Arabi...
KNOW YE THAT OUR BROTHER TIMOTHY IS SET AT LIBERTY - Or, is sent away. So it is rendered by Prof. Stuart and others. On the meaning of this, and its importance in determining who was the author of the...
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KNOW YE. May be imperative, or indicative, present tense. Greek. _ginosko._ App-132. IS SET AT LIBERTY. has been released, dismissed: or sent away on some special mission (as in 1 Corinthians 4:17). G...
_Know ye_ Or perhaps "_Ye know_," or "know." _is set at liberty_ The word probably means (as in Acts 3:13; Acts 4:21) "has been set free from prison." It is intrinsically likely that Timothy at once o...
ΓΙΝΏΣΚΕΤΕ. Either “ye are aware”; or “know ye,” i.e. let me inform you. ἈΠΟΛΕΛΥΜΈΝΟΝ. The word probably means (as in Acts 3:13; Acts 4:21) “has been set free from prison.” It is intrinsically likely t...
CONCLUDING NOTICES AND BENEDICTIONS...
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_RESPOND TO THE EXHORTATIONS -- HEBREWS 13:18-25:_ The writer asked and exhorted the brethren to pray for him that he could have a good conscience. (Hebrews 13:18) A good conscience is a conscience en...
ΓΙΝΏΣΚΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097) знать, ΆΠΟΛΕΛΥΜΈΝΟΝ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΆΠΟΛΎΩ (G630) освобождать. Хотя это слово имеет множество значений, в НЗ оно чаще всего используется для о...
G. _Information concerning Timothy Hebrews 13:23-24_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 13:23-24 Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy hath been set at liberty; with whom, if he come s
SPIRITUAL FREEDOM (Hebrews 13:23) Before turning to our present verse we must complete our observations on the one which occupied our attention in the last article, for the practical importance and v...
Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you. OUR BROTHER TIMOTHY. So Paul, 1 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 1:1;...
13 This is the climax of the epistle. The choice is between faith and apostasy. The reference is to the ritual of the golden calf (Ex.33). It would have been apostasy to go outside the camp had there...
13:23 soon, (f-16) 'Sooner than perhaps he may.' see John 13:27 , 'quickly;' 1 Timothy 3:14 , 'more quickly.'...
ADVICE, MEMORIES, PRAYERS, GREETINGS The Epistle concludes with various exhortations in regard to the social life (Hebrews 13:1), private life (Hebrews 13:4), the religious life (Hebrews 13:7), in whi...
_Our_ BROTHER TIMOTHY] The reference does not point conclusively to St. Paul as the writer, but indicates that he was intimately connected with the Pauline circle. “We have no other knowledge of Timot...
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It is clear that the Hebrew Christians knew of the imprisonment of Timothy, but had not heard the news of his release. In 2 Corinthians 1:1; Colossians 1:1; Philemon 1:1, Timothy is spoken of as “the...
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γινώσκετε τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν.… “Know that our brother Timothy has been released” (ἀπολελυμένον, for example of this use of the participle, see Winer, sec. 45, 4 b). Evidently Timothy had been under arre...
PRAISE, PRAYER, AND PEACE Hebrews 13:14 Notice that though the ancient sacrifices have been abolished, there is one which can never grow old-the _sacrifice of praise_. This incense must ever ascend...
The last chapter contains a series of general exhortations. It is evident that the letter was sent to those whose faith was being challenged and weakened, and whose love, therefore, was cooling. These...
PERSONAL MATTERS AND CONCLUDING COMMENTS The writer asked the brethren to pray in his behalf, as well as in behalf of the apostles and other proclaimers of the gospel. He preached the one true gospel,...
(22) And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words. (23) Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shor...
The apostle now resumes his great theme, Christ called a Priest of God for ever after the order of Melchisedec. He alludes, in the beginning of our chapter, to the historical facts of Genesis. We must...
23._Know ye that our brother, etc. _Since the termination of the Greek verb γινώσκετε, will admit of either renderings, we may read, “Ye know,” or, “Know ye;” but I prefer the latter reading, though I...
In this next Chapter there is more than one truth important to notice. The exhortations are as simple as they are weighty, and require but few remarks. They rest in the sphere in which the whole of th...
KNOW YE THAT [OUR] BROTHER TIMOTHY IS SET AT LIBERTY,.... This is the same person to whom the Apostle Paul wrote two epistles, and whom he often calls his son, though sometimes his brother, as here, 1...
Of the close of the epistle, which now only remains, there are three parts: 1. The apostle's request of the prayers of the Hebrews for himself, Hebrews 13:18-19; 2. His solemn benedictive prayer f...
Know ye that _our_ brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you. Ver. 23. _Know ye that our brother_] Good news should be spread abroad, and are a fit matter for C...
HEB. 13:22-25. AND I BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN, SUFFER THE WORD OF EXHORTATION: FOR I HAVE WRITTEN A LETTER UNTO YOU IN FEW WORDS. KNOW YE THAT (OUR) BROTHER TIMOTHY IS SET AT LIBERTY; WITH WHOM, IF HE CO...
_I beseech you, brethren_ He subjoins this tender address to his epistle to caution them against losing, through negligence or prejudice, the benefit they might otherwise derive from it; _suffer the w...
IF HE COME SHORTLY; to me; for though set at liberty he was yet absent from the writer....
Greetings and benediction:...
KNOW YE THAT OUR BROTHER TIMOTHY IS SET AT LIBERTY; WITH WHOM, IF HE COME SHORTLY, I WILL SEE YOU....
The first six verses of this chapter have a striking moral relationship to what has gone before. We have seen that though God's dispensational ways have undergone a mighty change in the advent of His...
22-25 So bad are men, and even believers, through the remainders of their corruption, that when the most important, comfortable doctrine is delivered to them for their own good, and that with the mos...
OLBGrk; He acquaints them with the good news of his dismissing Timothy to them, to acquaint them how it fared with him, as he dismissed and sent Tychicus to the Colossians, COLOSSIANS 4:7,8, Epaphrodi...
Hebrews 13:23 Know G1097 (G5719) brother G80 Timothy G5095 free G630 (G5772) with G3326 whom G3739 see...
‘Know that our brother Timothy has been set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.' This may indicate a personal note added at the end of the letter, commencing here in true Paulin...
Hebrews 13:23. KNOW YE (imperative rather than indicative, as a matter of joy, one of the prisoners whose bonds you shared in spirit is now free) THAT OUR BROTHER TIMOTHY IS SET AT LIBERTY (the most n...
HATH BEEN SET AT LIBERTY (απολελυμενον). Perfect passive participle of απολυω, to set free, in indirect discourse after γινωσκετε. Possibly from prison if he came to Rome at Paul's request (2 Timot...
Hebrews 13:17 I. The Author of peace. From all eternity God purposed in Himself the counsel of peace; and when, by reason of sin, discord and misery came into the world, the Lord always comforted His...
Hebrews 13:1. _Let brotherly love continue._ It is supposed to be there already; let it continue, not only love of a common kind, such as we are to have to all men, but that special «brotherly love»...
CONTENTS: Exhortations to the Christian. Separation and worship. Apostolic benediction. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Timothy. CONCLUSION: Our Lord Jesus purchased us with His blood that He might set us a...
Hebrews 13:1. _Let brotherly love continue._ The love as when you first believed, and when many of you sold your possessions to raise a fund for the widows, who were cut off from the alms of the synag...
TIMOTHY. We have no information about Timothy being in prison. The fact that the writer mentions him, implies that these Jewish Christians were not members of the _circumcision party,_ or at least not...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 13:1 Concluding Encouragements and Remarks. The author concludes with some specific points of application for the community (vv. Hebrews 13:1), w
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 13:23 TIMOTHY. Likely Paul’s fellow worker. The author and audience both knew Timothy. RELEASED. Presumably from prison....
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 13:20. GOD OF PEACE.— Romans 15:33; Romans 16:20; Philippians 4:9;...
CONCLUDING EXHORTATIONS EXPOSITION As in St. Paul's Epistles, practical directions as to conduct conclude the treatise, such as the readers may be supposed to have especially needed. They are urged t...
Chapter 13, closing out the book. Let brotherly love continue. Don't forget to entertain strangers: for some have entertained angels without knowing it (Hebrews 13:1-2). Interesting. I believe it. I...
1 Thessalonians 3:2; 1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 1:8; Acts 16:1;...
Our brother Timothy [τ ο ν α δ ε λ φ ο ν η μ ω ν τ ι μ ο θ ε ο ν]. Paul's habit, when using oJ aJudelfov brother with a proper name, is to put the proper name first. See Romans 16:23; 1 Corinthians 1:...
If he come — To me....