111, 14—15..
k Matt.xxii. Ζηνᾶν τὸν " νομικὸν καὶ ᾿Απολλὼν 1 ᾿' σπουδαίως '' πρόπεμψον, ἵνα
35, Luke (7), cf.
μηδὲν αὐτοῖς " λείπῃ.“ ver. 9.
14.
1See2Tim. ἢ καλῶν Ὁ“ ἔργων " προΐστασθαι εἰς τὰς * ἀναγκαίας
μανθανέτωσαν δὲ καὶ "οἱ “ ἡμέτεροι
" χρείας, ἵνα
3 -“ 15. ᾿Ασπάζονταί σε οἱ pet ἐμοῦ πάντες"
Ἡ χάρις μετὰ πάντων
τ Acts
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3: ΧΧ. 38, ” ‘ u a Cn ος ope ow, ,
XKI6 5) ἄσπασαι TOUS φιλοῦντας ἡμᾶς εν ᾿ πίστει.
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24,1 Cor, ὕμων.
2 Cor. i. -
16, 3 John 6. n See Tit. i. 5. ο Here only. p Ver. 8.
x. 24, 1 Cor. ΧΙ, 20.
t 2 Pet. i. 8, Matt. xiii. 22 (= Mark iv. 19), 1 Cor. xiv. 14, Eph. v. 11, Jude 12.
(1), Luke (2), John (13), 1 Cor. xvi. 22, Rev. (2).
1So GD*cH**KEP, 4, ἃ, Ἐ vz.
g See x Tim. iii. 1.
5 Acts Vi. 3, XX. 34, Xxviii. 10, Rom. xii. 13, Eph. iv. 29, Phil. ii. 25, iv. 16, 19.
u Matt. (5), Mark v See 1 Tim. 1. 2.
S*DbH* one cursive; ᾿Απολλωνα FG; g (apollo t apollonem) ; ᾿Απολλώ
Ξλίπῃ SQD*, 37, 47”, about thirteen others.
3 Ins. ἀμήν ScDbcFGHKLP, e, f, 6, vg. (not fuld.), syrr.
Add πρὸς Τίτον ΝΟ, 17, to which D adds ἐπληρώθη; AP add ἐγράφη ἀπὸ Νικοπόλεως ; FG have ἐτελέσθη ἐπιστολὴ πρὸς Titov; Καὶ has πρὸς Titov τῆς Κρητῶν ἐκκλησίας πρῶτον ἐπίσκοπον χειροτονηϑέντα, ἐγράφη ἀπὸ Νικοπόλεως τῆς
Similarly HL.
Μακεδονίας.
any example of this word being used as the equivalent of legisperitus (Vulg.), furisconsultus or jurisperttus, it seems best to assume that Zenas was a νομικός in the usual N.T. sense, an expert in the Mosaic Law.
᾿Απολλὼν : For Apollos, see article in Hastings’ D. B.
πρόπεμψον: set forward on their journey, praemitte; but deduco is the rendering where the word occurs else- where. See reff.
Ver. 14. The δέ does not mark an antithesis between ot ἡμέτεροι and the persons who have just been mentioned, but is rather resumptive of verse 8; re- peating and emphasising at the close of the letter that which St. Paul had most at heart, the changed lives of the Cretan converts. ot ἡμέτεροι of Course means those of our faith in Crete.
καλῶν ἔργων προΐστασθαι: See on verse 8.
εἰς τὰς ἀναγκαίας χρείας : The best commentary on this expression is I Thess. iv. 9-12. Although καλῶν ἔργων προΐστασθαι does not mean {ο profess honest occupations, yet it is plain from St. Paul’s letters that he would regard the earning one’s own bread respectably as a condition precedent to the doing of good works. The necessary wants
to which allusion is made are the main- tenance of oneself and family, and help- ing brethren who are unable to help themselves (Acts xx. 35; Rom. xii. 13; Eph. iv. 28). This view is borne out by the reason which follows, ἵνα μὴ ὦσιν ἄκαρποι. See John xv. 2, Phil. iv. 17, Colin το 2 Pet. 1. 8,
Ver. 15. Final Salutation.
ot μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ : The preposition is dif- ferent elsewhere in Paul: ot σὺν ἐμοὶ πάντες ἀδελφοί, Gal. 1. οἱ σὺν ἐμοὶ ἀδελφοί, Phil. iv. 21. οἱ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ isa constant phrase in the Synoptists. There is a similar use of peta in Acts xx. 34 (a speech of St. Paul’s), and in 2 Tim. iv. 11.
τοὺς φιλοῦντας ἡμᾶς ἐν πίστει; The faith (see note on 1 Tim. i. 2) is that which binds Christians together more or less closely. Timothy and Titus were St. Paul’s τέκνα ἐν πίστει; others were more distantly related to him, though of the same family, “the household of faith ’’. ᾿
Dean Armitage Robinson (Ephesians,. Ρ. 281) gives several examples from papyri of similar formulas of closing, especially two, which read, ἀσπάζου . . . τοὺς φιλοῦντες σε (Or ἡμᾶς) πρὸς ἀληθίαν. This suggests the rendering here, those who love us truly.