Titus 3:13

Ver. 13. Zealously forward on their journey Zenas the lawyer, and Apollos, that nothing may be wanting to them. The σπουδαίως πρόπεμψον evidently means that Titus should hasten the departure of the brethren mentioned, and do it, as the context shows, by furnishing them with things needful for their journey. This is the only passage in which the name of Zenas occurs; nor is it certain whether the designation lawyer is to be taken in the Jewish sense (one who had been skilled in Hebrew law, and from former times still retained the name), or with reference to the study and practice of law in a civil sense. The majority of commentators prefer the former view. But the mention of Apollos here along with Zenas, as one whom Paul wished to have beside him, so near the close of his earthly labours, is a clear proof of the good understanding which subsisted between these two eminent servants of God, and how little ground there is for the serious differences in respect to their doctrinal teaching which have sometimes been alleged by modern rationalists. As Apollos commenced preaching when still but imperfectly taught in the gospel, and then received fuller instruction from some of Paul's most intimate friends (Acts 18:26), the probability is, that whatever divergence might appear was confined to the earlier part of his labours: and even of that we know next to nothing.