23. 'll£ civ atf/<§w) a-7nds?v)l to carry off or acquire^ to obtain in formation. — s^aurrjc;, presently) The relative force implied in the avrrt$ of the compound has regard to the phrase, / shall have obtained the information (of your state).
25. 'Ertappodirov, Epaplwoditus) iv. 18. — tfuffrpar/wr^ a fellow- soldier) ch. i. 27, 30. — V/AUV ds a-roffT-oXov, and your deputy QY mes senger) The Philippians had deputed him as a messenger to Paul [iv. 18]. — Xiirovpybv r/jg %?£/«£ /^ou, the minister to my necessity) To this also refer your [viz. your minister, the one sent by you to minister to my necessity] ; for he had been serviceable to Paul in the name of the Philippians. Also see how highly even ex ternal ministration is estimated : ver. 30. — Tg/^a/, to send) He says, to send) not to send back ; for he had come to Paul for the purpose of remaining with him : ver. 30.
26. 2' AdqfAovojv) Hesychius has, ddri/^ovuiv^ dyuviuv adrj/JtOVhj) ax?j5/w, dyuvtZi. ' A xqdiuv, worn out with grief. A cedia, languor in spiri tual things. — yxovffarz, ye have heard) and on that account have been anxious.
27. Ha.pa,K\fiffiov, near) He speaks (at first) rather mildly, lest he should at once terrify the Philippians : then ver. 30, he says, #77/<rsi>, he drew (was) nigh unto, and by this verb greater danger is indicated. — aurbv fasriffev, had mercy on him) by restoring health and life. — xa/ !,as, and on me) The saints were allowed to con sider all things as given to them. — XUTTTJI/, sorrow) for the death of Epaphroditus — sorroiu, opposed to the ' joy,' of which the whole epistle treats. — 1*1 Xu$r»j, on sorrow) for the sickness of Epaphroditus, for his own bonds, etc.
28. 2Tou<3«/or£f>w£, the more earnestly, anxiously [carefully^) sooner than Timothy, ver. 19. — %a^7-g, ye may rejoice) Godly
*men may receive joy from all things. — aXworepos w, / may be the less sorrowful) when I know, that you rejoice.
30. M&xpi davdrov, even unto death) This appertains to the comparison of duties [to the question of the prior claim among comparative duties]. To minister to Paul, seems in itself to be
1 Wahl, Clavis, translates, " Simulac Gognovero rerum mearum event um."