11. Luke. See Introd. to Luke. His connection with Paul appears first in Acts xvi. 10. He remained at Philippi after Paul’s departure, and was there seven years later, when Paul revisited the city (Acts xx. 5,6). He accompanied Paul to Jerusalem (Acts xxi. 15), after which we lose sight of him until he appears at Caesarea (Acts xxvii. 2), whence he accompanies Paul to Rome. He is mentioned Col. iv. 14 and Philem. 24.
Take (avadaBov). InN. T. mostly in Acts. See on Acts xxiii. 31, and comp. Acts xx. 13, 14.
Mark. Mentioned Col. iv. 10; Philem. 24; 1 Pet. v. 18. Probably John Mark (Acts xii. 12, 25; xv. 87), called the cousin of Barnabas (Col. iv. 10). The first mention of him since the separation from Paul (Acts xv. 39) occurs in Colossians and Philemon. He is commended to the church at Colossae. In 1st Peter he sends salutations to Asia. In both Colossians and Philemon his name appears along with that of Demas. In Colossians he is named shortly before Luke and along with Aristarchus who does not appear here. He (Mark) is about to come to Asia where 2d Timothy finds him. The appearance in Colossians of Aristarchus with Mark and of Demas with Luke is probably the point of connection with the representation in 2d Timothy.
Profitable for the ministry (evypnotos eis Svaxoviav). ’"Evypnotos profitable, only here, ch. il. 21, Philem. 11. For for the ministry rend. for ministering or for service, and see on 1 Tim. i. 12.
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12. Tychicus. A comparatively uncommon namein N.T., but found in inscriptions of Asia Minor and on Asiatic coins. He is mentioned Acts xx. 4,5; Eph. vi. 21; Col. iv. 7. In Acts xx. 4 he is described as a native of proconsular Asia.
13. The cloak (deAdvnv).* Hesychius, however, explains as a yAwoodxopuor, originally a case for keeping the mouth- pieces of wind-instruments; thence, generally, a box. TAao- adxonov is the word for the disciples’ treasury-chest (bag, J. xii. 6). Also a box for transporting or preserving parch- ments. Specimens have been found at Herculaneum. In LXX, 2 Sam. vi. 11, the ark of the Lord (but the reading varies): in 2 Chron. xxiv. 8, the chest placed by order of Joash at the gate of the temple, to receive contributions for its repair. Joseph. Ant. vi. 1, 2, of the coffer into which the jewels of gold were put for a trespass-offering when the ark was sent back (1 Sam. vi. 8). Phrynicus + defines it as “a receptacle for books, clothes, silver, or anything else.” ®ai- Advns or hawerAns a wrapper of parchments, was translated figuratively in Latin by toga or paenula “a cloak,” sometimes of leather; also the wrapping which a shopkeeper put round fish or olives; also the parchment cover for papyrus rolls. Accordingly it is claimed that Timothy is here bidden to bring, not a cloak, but a roll-case. So the Syriac Version. There seems to be no sufficient reason for abandoning the translation of A. V.
Carpus. Not mentioned elsewhere.
The books (8:8ria). BiéBros or BiBrAlov was the term most widely used by the Greeks for book or volume. The usual derivation is from BUBXos the Egyptian papyrus. Comp. Lat. liber “the inner bark of a tree,” also “book.” + Pliny
* The word appears in different forms. T.R. ga:ddvys. Also gaivdd7s, Pedwvns, parreyyns.
+ A Greek sophist of Bithynia in the second half of the third century, author of a selection of Attic verbs and nouns excluding all but the best Attic forms, and arranged alphabetically.
¢ On the BvB)os see Hat. ii, 92, and Rawlinson’s notes in his Translation.
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(Wat. Hist. xiii. 11) says that the pith of the papyrus plant was cut in slices and laid in rows, over which other rows were laid crosswise, and the whole was massed by pressure. The name for the blank papyrus sheets was ydprns (charta) paper. Seeon2J.12. Timothy is here requested to bring some papyrus documents which are distinguished from the vellum manuscripts.