Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, &c. — He seems to join those together, who were joined by kindred, nearness of habitation, or any other circumstance. It could not but encourage the poor especially, to be saluted by name, who perhaps did not know that the apostle bad ever heard of them. It is observable, that whilst the apostle forgets none who are worthy, yet he adjusts the nature of his salutation to the degrees of worth in those whom he salutes.
Verse Romans 16:14. _SALUTE ASYNCRITUS_, c.] Who these were we know not. Hermas was probably the same to whom a work called the _Shepherd_ is attributed a work with this title is still extant, and ma...
CHAPTER 16 _ 1. Greetings to Individuals. (Romans 16:1 .)_ 2. Warning and Comfort. (Romans 16:17 .) 3. The Final Salutations. (Romans 16:21 .) 4. The Conclusion. ...
PERSONAL GREETINGS. Beside the two household groups of Romans 16:10 f., the catalogue contains twenty-six names, eight being those of women. Many of the names appearing were commonly borne by slaves....
A LETTER OF COMMENDATION (Romans 16:1-2)...
Give my greetings to Tryphaena and Tryphosa who toil in the Lord. Give my greetings to Persis, the beloved, who has toiled hard in the Lord. Give my greetings to Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and to his...
ASYNCRITUS, &C. Five Greek masc names. Only here. See Acts 14:12. HERMAS. Not to be identified with the author of "The Shepherd of Hermas", written about 120 A.D....
_Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes_ All otherwise unknown. The names are Greek. _Hermas_was the name of the author of "The Shepherd," a celebrated religious romance, sometimes compared as...
ἈΣΎΝΚΡΙΤΟΝ. The two groups of five persons now following make it probable that we have here two more centres of Christian life in Rome, known to S. Paul by report, but not otherwise; there are no dist...
Greetings to Christians at Rome. 3–16. Greetings; see Lightfoot, _Phil._ pp. 171 ff. S. H. _ad loc_[317] [317] _ad loc._ ad locum...
_TEXT_ Romans 16:1-16. I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreae: 2 that ye receive her in the Lord, worthily of the saints, and that ye assist her in...
Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren which are with them. SALUTE ASYNCRITUS, PHLEGON, HERMAS, PATROBAS, HERMES - `Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas' is, beyond doubt, the...
__ Paul's Intended Journey 28 During Paul's first three ministries the nations were dependent on Israel, and received of their spiritual things. Hence they were indebted to them and sought to pay by...
GREETINGS AND WARNINGS 1-16. Commendation and greetings. Observe the number of women to whom the Apostle sends greeting. The fact is indicative of the change wrought in the position of women by the g...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 16 PERSONAL GREETINGS Sometimes a church leader may seem very strict when he *preaches. There are some very serious ma...
Of the names in this and the next verse, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, Philologus, Julia, Nereus (with the corresponding female name Nereis) all occur with more or less frequency in inscriptions relating...
CHAPTER 32 A COMMENDATION; GREETINGS; A WARNING; A DOXOLOGY Romans 16:1 ONCE more, with a reverent license of thought, we may imagine ourselves to be watching in detail the scene in the house of Gai...
Of Asyncritus, Phlegon and Hermes nothing is known. Patrobas (or Patrobius) may have been a dependant of a famous freedman of the same name in Nero's time, who was put to death by Galba (Tac., _Hist._...
PERSONAL INTEREST IN FELLOW-CHRISTIANS Romans 16:1 Here is a window into Paul's heart. He was apparently disowned by his own kindred, yet, as the Lord had promised, He had mothers, sisters, and broth...
In the salutation twenty-six persons are named. Two-thirds of these names are Greek, which, in all probability, are names of persons the apostle had actually known in his work in Asia. Phoebe was spec...
“ _Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brethren which are with them. Salute Philologus, and Julia_, _Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with th...
To the recommendation of Phoebe, the apostle joins a list of _salutations_, which might indeed still be called recommendations; for the imperative ἀσπάσασθε, _greet_, fifteen times repeated, is addres...
THIRTIETH PASSAGE (16:1-16). RECOMMENDATIONS, SALUTATIONS, WARNING. It is the apostle's custom, when closing his letters, to treat a number of particular subjects of a more or less personal nature, su...
Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord. (9) Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. (10) Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household. (11) Sal...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
_SOME PROPER NAMES_ ‘Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes.’ Romans 16:14 The chapter which contains these names, and a great number more just as lifeless and unsuggestive as these, is in ou...
Never having known the Roman Christians as an assembly, Paul sends many personal salutations. This was the link which subsisted. We see how touchingly his heart dwells upon all the details of service...
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 marty...
Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren which are with them. Ver. 14. _Salute Asyncritus, &c._] Nothing is said of these; for haste perhaps, or else because they were ...
_Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa_ Probably two sisters; _who labour in the Lord_ In the service of the Lord, according to their stations: as did also Persis, who seems to be here termed _beloved_, becaus...
Greetings sent by Paul to friends and acquaintances:...
SALUTE ASYNCRITUS, PHLEGON, HERMAS, PATROBAS, HERMES, AND THE BRETHREN WHICH ARE WITH THEM....
COMMUNICATIONS, GREETINGS AND CLOSING This chapter has a character peculiar to itself; and being a fifth subdivision of the last division (Chapter s 12 to 16) of the book, we may expect in some sense...
Priscilla and Aquila Acts 18:24-28 Taught Apollos Kicked out of Rome Came to Corinth NOTE: The Roman letter is written from Corinth 4 Church that is in their house NOTE: Many house churches in R...
SALUTE ASYNCRITUS, PHLEGON, HERMES, PATROBAS, HERMAS, AND THE BRETHREN THAT ARE WITH THEM. 'Asyncritus' -(a SIN cry tus) (incomparable) 'PHLEGON' -(FLEG ahn) (zealous) 'HERMES' -(HUR meez). common...
1-16 Paul recommends Phebe to the Christians at Rome. It becomes Christians to help one another in their affairs, especially strangers; we know not what help we may need ourselves. Paul asks help for...
i.e. The Christians that are their domestics, or that dwell with them....
Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brethren that are with them. ["With them" indicates another section of the church meeting in the homes of these men. Comp. Romans 16:5; Ro...
Dubious Hippolytus Fragments 37. Patrobulus,[157]...
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1). FINAL GREETINGS AND EXHORTATIONS (16:1-16). It is unusual to find such a detailed list of people to be greeted in Paul's letters. Indeed, in most of his letters no specific person is individually...
‘Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them.' Nothing direct is known of any of these. Hermes was very common name as a slave name. Hermes was the god of...
4). FINAL GREETINGS (16:1-27). We now come to the close of the letter. This final chapter divides up into three subsections: 1) Final greetings and exhortations (Romans 16:1). 2) Exhortation to bew...
Romans 16:14. The numerous group here referred to was probably intimately associated, and less known to the Apostle. HORMES, PATROBAS, HERMAS is the order of the best authorities. The last named per...
III. CONCLUDING PORTION OF THE EPISTLE. This part of the Epistle may be divided into four sections, (1) Personal explanations, similar to those in chap. Romans 1:8-15 (chap. Romans 15:14-33). (2.) Gre...
2. _Greetings to different Persons at Rome._ The bearer of the letter is commended in vers, 1, 2. Then follow greetings to many individuals, and to some households or household churches. About one thi...
ASYNCRITUS (Ασυνκριτον). There is an inscription of a freedman of Augustus with this name.PHLEGON (Φλεγοντα). No light on this name till the historian of the second century A.D.HERMES (Hερμην)....
CONTENTS: The outflow of Christian love. Closing salutations and benediction. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, many of the gospel helpers, Satan. CONCLUSION: Courtesy and Christianity go together. Ackn...
Romans 16:1. _I commend to you Phebe a servant of the church._ Διακονον, a _deaconess_ of the church _at Cenehrea,_ the eastern port of Corinth, where Paul shaved his head, that he might be purified o...
MY GREETINGS. The Christians mentioned in this verse may have formed a "house church." Hermas is sometimes identified as the author of "The Shepherd of Hermas," an early Christian writing, but the Can...
THE CONCLUSION OF THE EPISTLE 1. This is scarcely the kind of conclusion that one would have expected. One would have thought that the rapt apostle, having been borne to the loftiest circles of conte...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 16:1 Paul warmly greets those he knows in Rome. He is able to say something specific about almost every person greeted. ⇐...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 16:7. MY KINSMEN.—Kindred. Perhaps in this passage the wider sense of fellow-countrymen. It is difficult to state what is the imprisonment here mentioned. Romans 16:8.—Amplias...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 16:1 K. _Commendation of Phoebe, and salutations to Christians at Rome._ ROMANS 16:1, ROMANS 16:2 I co
Chapter 16 is just personal greetings to many of those in Rome. We are going to go rather rapidly through it, just pointing out a few things. First of all, Paul, commends unto you Phoebe our sister,...
1 Peter 1:22; 1 Peter 1:23; Colossians 1:2; Hebrews 3:1; Romans 8:29...
Hermes. Or Hermas. A common slave - name, a contraction of several different names, as Hermagoras, Hermogenes, etc. 74...
THE WOMEN OF THE EARLY CHURCH Romans 16:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is, perhaps, no one chapter in the Bible which so marvelously reveals the womanhood of the early church, as the women described in...