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2 Timothy 4:11
Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
Verse 11. _ONLY LUKE IS WITH ME._] This was _Luke_ the evangelist, and writer of the Acts of the Apostles, who was always much attached to St. Paul, and it is supposed continued with him even to his m...
ONLY LUKE IS WITH ME - Luke, the author of the gospel which bears his name, and of the Acts of the Apostles. For a considerable part of the ministry of Paul, he was his traveling companion (compare th...
IV. THE LAST WORDS OF THE APOSTLE CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The last charge (2 Timothy 4:1)_ 2. His last testimony (2 Timothy 4:6) 3. The last personal messages (2 Timothy 4:9)...
PERSONAL REQUESTS AND PERSONAL NEWS. Timothy's summons to Rome seems inconsistent with the discharge of the duties just enforced. If the letter is a unity, its main instructions may concern his condu...
PAUL'S GROUNDS OF APPEAL (2 Timothy 4:1-5)...
Do your best to come and see me soon. Demas has deserted me, because he loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. Luke alone is with me....
LUKE. This faithful and devoted companion, sharer of Paul's labours and afflictions for so many years, always modestly keeping himself in the back- ground, most have been. comfort indeed. WITH. App-1...
The scattering of friends. Entreaty for Timothy's presence. Assurance of the Lord's present help The connexion is: -Do your best to come to me to come with all speed to come before the winter stops y...
_Only Luke_ Lucas is a contraction of Lucanus, which occurs frequently in inscriptions, and may indicate the position of a _libertus_or freedman: many such, we know, were the house physicians, the pro...
INVITATION TO TIMOTHY TO COME TO ROME; THE APOSTLE’S LONELINESS...
ΛΟΥΚΑ͂Σ ἘΣΤῚΝ ΜΌΝΟΣ ΜΕΤʼ ἘΜΟΥ͂, _only Luke is with me_; i.e. Luke is the only one of his intimate friends and usual companions who is still with him. St Luke’s affection for St Paul is not like that o...
ΆΝΑΛΑΒΏΝ _aor. act. part. от_ ΆΝΑΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G353) брать, подбирать (RWP). _Aor._ описывает действие, логически предшествующее действию предыдущего гл. _temp. part._, "забрав..." ΆΓ _praes. imper. act....
TAKE MARK, AND BRING HIM WITH THEE:— This is a proof that St. Paul and St. Mark were reconciled again, though the behaviour of the latter had formerly occasioned their separation: Acts 15:39. The grea...
REQUEST FOR TIMOTHY TO COME BACK TO PAUL 2 Timothy 4:9-15 _TEXT 4:9-15_ 9 Give diligence to come shortly unto me: 10 for Demas forsook me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica;...
Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry. LUKE (Colossians 4:14; Philemon 1:24). He went with Paul on his second missionary journey,...
12 This is a crucial test of our true state. Are we suffering persecution? If not, are we in earnest in our will to live devoutly in Christ Jesus? All who tread this path will be persecuted. Paul hims...
4:11 ministry. (i-20) _ Diakonia_ . see Note, 1 Corinthians 4:1 ....
LUKE] 'the beloved physician,' Colossians 4:14. MARK] was with the Apostle on his First Missionary Journey (Acts 12:25), but St. Paul lost confidence in him and refused to take him on the Second Journ...
ST. PAUL'S LAST MESSAGES AND COUNSELS 1-8. The Apostle, knowing that his days are fast drawing to a close, exhorts Timothy to increased diligence and earnestness in his teaching, in view of the immin...
HOW WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO DO GOD’S WORK 2 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 4 *PREACH THE *GOSPEL AND TEACH THE TRUTH (4:1-5) V1 This command I give to you with God and the *Lord Jesus...
ONLY LUKE IS WITH ME. — The “writer” of the Third Gospel, the Gospel which, as has been stated above, was very possibly the work of St. Paul — “my Gospel.” Luke, “the beloved physician” of Colossians...
CHAPTER 36 THE PERSONAL DETAILS A GUARANTEE OF GENUINENESS. IT would scarcely be exceeding the limits of legitimate hyperbole to say that these two passages prove the authenticity and genuineness of...
Λουκᾶς : Nothing can be more natural than that “the beloved physician” and historian should feel that he of all men was in his place beside St. Paul when the end was to nearly approaching. The μόνος i...
Come to me as speedily as you can. I am almost alone. Some of my company have forsaken me; others I have despatched on business. Bring Mark with you. I have use for him....
THE VICTOR'S FINAL CHARGE 2 Timothy 4:1 To the end Paul held to the appearing of Jesus, though he might not live to see it; and it was to precede and usher in the coming of the Kingdom. The world of...
As the result of these charges, the apostle shows what Timothy's attitude must be toward those over whom he has oversight. There are four things which he must do. "Preach the Word," "reprove," "rebuke...
PAUL'S DESIRE FOR COMPANIONSHIP Paul asked Timothy to make it his business to come to him as soon as he possibly could. Demas loved the world instead of the Lord's coming, so he forsook the Lord's ser...
Luke. St. Luke was always much attached to St. Paul. It is thought he accompanied him to the time of his martyrdom. When St. Paul says Luke alone was with him, we must understand that no other discipl...
(9) В¶ Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: (10) For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. (11) Onl...
Turning to the SECOND EPISTLE, we find that, although there is the same grand truth of the Saviour God maintained, the state of things had become sensibly worse, and the hour for the apostle's departu...
_MARK_ ‘Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.’ 2 Timothy 4:11 Our text is one of the few personal references we find in the New Testament to the writer of...
_LUKE THE EVANGELIST_ ‘Only Luke is with me.’ 2 Timothy 4:11 There is a pathos in the words which those who are much alone, or who have suffered the loss of friends, will not fail to appreciate, an...
Does this perfect and supreme authority of the scriptures set aside ministry ? By no means; it is the foundation of the ministry of the word. One is a minister of the word; one proclaims the word rest...
ONLY LUKE IS WITH ME,.... The beloved physician, who wrote the Gospel that bears his name, and "the Acts of the Apostles", and was a constant companion of Paul's in his travels and sufferings: TAKE M...
Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry. Ver. 11. _For he is profitable_] Once unprofitable, Act 15:38 _See Trapp on "_ Act 15:38 _"_ but...
_Do thy diligence_ Endeavour by all means; _to come shortly unto me_ The apostle, now about to leave the world, wished to enjoy Timothy's company and conversation for a little while, both that that ev...
LUKE; the writer of the gospel. MARK; Acts 12:25; Acts 13:5; Acts 15:37; Colossians 4:10....
The apostle writes this last chapter with a deepening sense in his soul of the nearness of his martyrdom; and it is most precious to observe how the solemnity of his charge to Timothy is mingled with...
9-13 The love of this world, is often the cause of turning back from the truths and ways of Jesus Christ. Paul was guided by Divine inspiration, yet he would have his books. As long as we live, we mu...
ONLY LUKE IS WITH ME; of whom we also read COLOSSIANS 4:14. He was a physician, Paul's FELLOW LABOURER, PHILEMON 1:24. TAKE MARK, AND BRING HIM WITH THEE; of Mark we read Acts 12:12,...
2 Timothy 4:11 Only G3441 Luke G3065 is G2076 (G5748) with G3326 me G1700 Get G353 (G5631) Mark...
2 Timothy 4:11. LUKE ONLY IS WITH ME. Aristarchus, who is joined with Demas, Luke, and Mark in Colossians 4:10-14; Philemon 1:24, remains unaccounted for. Mark, it would seem, had been left with Timot...
ONLY LUKE IS WITH ME (Λουκας εστιν μονος μετ' εμου). Luke is with Paul now in Rome as during the first Roman imprisonment (Philemon 1:24; Colossians 4:14).TAKE MARK (Μαρκον αναλαβων). Second aoris...
2 Timothy 4:11 Physician and Evangelist. I. St. Paul had been suffering from serious illness in Galatia. Very soon afterwards St. Luke appears with him, for the first time, in Troas. During subsequen...
2 Timothy 4:1. _I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; preach the word;_ We are not to use such strong...
CONTENTS: Christ's faithful servant and the faithfulness of Christ to His own. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Demas, Timothy, Luke, Mark, Tychicus, Carpus, Alexander, Prisca, Aquila, Onesiphorus, Era...
2 Timothy 4:1. _I charge thee therefore before God preach the word._ Paul speaks here as a dying man, soon to appear before the throne of God and the Lamb. Soldiers must not sleep in war without a wat...
ONLY LAKE. There would be thousands of Christians in Rome at this time. Paul says "only Luke," meaning that his fellow workers and associates had all left Rome. Compare 2 Timothy 4:21. GET MARK. This...
_Come shortly unto me._ COMPANIONSHIP I. Human companionships are very necessary. The ear thirsts for a friend’s voice; the heart hungers for a friend’s love. II. Human companionships are very chan...
2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 4:9 Conclusion. Paul closes with some final comments concerning travel, and greetings. The key themes of the letter continue even here....
2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 4:11 Despite his earlier problem with Mark (Acts 15:36), Paul now desires Mark’s presence and considers him USEFUL... FOR MINISTRY. Clearly, Mark
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Timothy 4:9. DO THY DILIGENCE TO COME SHORTLY UNTO ME.—Make all possible speed to arrive, or on earth we shall not meet again. Perhaps, however, it was the lonelines...
EXPOSITION 2 TIMOTHY 4:1 _In the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus _for _therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, _A.V. and T.R.; _and by _for _at, _A.V. and T.R. I CHARGE THEE (διαμαρτύρομαι...
Ver. 11. _Luke alone is with me_ the beloved physician, as he is called in Colossians 4:14; there also, and in Philemon 1:24, coupled with Demas in salutations but now different in the relations they...
Paul said to Timothy, I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ (2 Timothy 4:1), Hey, that's heavy duty, man, when you charge a person before God and before the Lord Jesus Christ. Laying a...
1 Peter 5:13; 2 Timothy 1:15; Acts 12:12; Acts 12:25; Acts 15:39;...
Luke. See Intro. to Luke. His connection with Paul appears first in Acts 16:10. He remained at Philippi after Paul's departure, and was there seven years later, when Paul revisited the city (Acts 20:5...
Only Luke — Of my fellowlabourers, is with me — But God is with me; and it is enough. Take Mark — Who, though he once "departed from the work," is now again profitable to me....