214
Η ‘ 9 A A“ - Ὁ τ Cor. ἵν. νυνὶ δὲ καὶ δέσμιος Χριστῦ ᾿Ιησοῦ,
το.
1 Ίο. παρακαλῶ σε περὶ τοῦ
14, Gal, ος 5 Ν 5 ya Ε iv. 19, ἃ ἐμοῦ "τέκνου, ὃν “ ἐγέννησα ἐν τοῖς *Secp,ots,> "᾿Ονήσιμον, IT. im, 1. 2. ε1 Cor. ἵν. τὸν ' ποτέ σοι ἄχρηστον ἔ νυνὶ δὲ καὶ ὁ σοὶ καὶ ἐμοὶ ” εὔχρηστον, 15, Gal. a ΤΑ νι ΄ 6 ο.) 6 Cenk 7 amas», 12. ὃν ἀνέπεμψά σοι, αὐτόν," ὅ τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν ὃ τὰ ἐμὰ σπλάγχνα ντε. bs η e Col. iv. 9. 13. ὃν ἐγὼ ἐβουλόμην πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν “Katéxerv, ἵνα ὑπὲρ σοῦ μοι al. i. 13. g Col. i. 21.
h 2 Tim. ii. 21. i Luke xxiii. 11.
10m. ἰησου D!; Ιησου χριστου rec. 3+ μον SycCDEKLP, a, Syrr., rec.
k Luke iv. 22.
2 Pr. εγω A, πὶ.
40m. και AKCDKLP, Pesh., τεο., WH. 5—5 ἀνεπεμψα ov δε αυτον DE, a, rec.; remisi tibi. Tu autem illum Vulg.
&—6 Ut Vulga; id est Vulgr.
7 + προσλαβου CD, a, rec. (cf. v. 17);
son” for τα ena σπλ.
the passage is much increased; for Christ’s ambassador had the right to command, but in merely exhorting he throws so much more responsibility on Philemon. The word ‘ambassador ”’ would be at least as strong an assertion of authority as “apostle’’; toa Greek, indeed, more 5ο.- δέσµιος: perhaps mentioned for the purpose of hinting that in respect of bondage his position was not unlike that of him for whom he is about to plead; cf. the way in which St. Paul identifies himself with Onesimus in vv. 12. . . αὐτόν, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν τὰ ἐμὰ σπλάγχνα, and17... ὡς ἐμέ.---Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ: belongs both to πρεσβύτης and to δέσμιος, cf. v. 1, Eph. i. 1, iv. τν 2 Tim. i. 8.
Ver. το. ὃν ἐγέννησα: cf. Sanke- dyin, xix. 2 (Jer. Talm.), “If one teaches the son of his neighbour the Law, the Scripture reckons this the same as if he had begotten him” (quoted by Vincent).— Ὀνήσιμον: one would expect ᾽Ονησί- pov it is attracted to ὃν... instead of agreeing with τοῦ ἐμοῦ τέκνου. He is to be ὀνήσιμος in future, no longer ἀνόνη- τος.--ἄχρηστον: am. hey. in Ν.Τ., but used in the Septuagint, Hos. viii. 8, 2 Macc. vii. 5, Wisd. ii. 11, ili. 11, Sir. xvi. I, xxvii. 1g. As applied to Onesimus the reference must be to something wrong done by him; the fear of being punished for this was presumably his reason for run- ning away from his master.—vuvi δὲ: a thoroughly Pauline expression, cf. v. g, Rom. vi. 22, vii. 6, 17, xv. 23, 25, 1 Cor. ν. 11, etc.—evxpnotov: only
elsewhere in N.T. in 2 Tim. ii. 21, iv. ΣΤ. Ver. 12. ὃν ἀνέπεμψά σοι: the
aorist, in accordance with the epistolary style. It is clear from these words that
᾿πἀπέχῃς im ver.. 15.
+ suscipe Vulg.; the Pesh. reads “‘ my
Onesimus himself was the bearer of the letter, cf. Col. iv. 7-9. On St. Paul’s in- istence that Onesimus should return to his master, see Intr. § 111.---ΔαἪπ͵᾿ὺὐ τόν : note the emphatic position of this word, cf. Eph. i. 22.--ἐμὰ: again emphatic in thus preceding the noun.
Ver. 13. ἐγὼ: a further emphatic mode of εχκρτεδείοπ.--ἐβουλόμην: βούλεσϑαι connotes the idea of purpose, θέλειν simply that of willing. The differ-
“ences between the tenses—éBovAdpny and ἐθέλησα (ver. 14)—is significant ;
.“the imperfect implies α tentative, inchoate process; while the aorist de- scribes a definite complete act. The will
stepped in and put an end to the inclina- tions of the mind” (Lightfoot).—K α τ έ- χειν: “to detain,” directly opposed to Deissmann (Op cit.,
p. 222) points out that κατέχω is often used in papyri and on ostraka of binding, ough ina magical sense.—tmwép σοῦ: “in thy stead,” the implication being that Philemon is placed under an obligation to his slave; for the force of ὑπὲρ as illus- trated on the papyri, etc., see Deissmann’s important remarks on pp. 105, 241 ff. of his work already quoted.—8taxovq: used in the Pauline Epistles both of Christian ministration generally (Rom. xi. 13; 1 Cor. xii. 5; Eph. iv. 12) and in special reference to bodily wants, such as alms can supply (1 Cor. xvi. 15; 2 Cor. viii. 4). --ἐν τοῖς Seon. τοῦ evayy.: {.ὲ., the bonds which the Gospel had tied, and which necessitated his being ministered unto.—Trov εὐαγγελίου: see Mark i. 14, 15 and cf. Matt. iv. 23; Christ uses the word often in reference to the | Messianic Era. ‘The earliest instances of the use of εὐαγγέλιον in the sense of a book would be: Did. 8, 11, 15 δὲς ; Ign.