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2 Timothy 4:10

2 Timothy 4:10
For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Only Luke is with me,.... The beloved physician, who wrote the Gospel that bears his name, and "the Acts of the Apostles", and was a constant companion of Paul's in his travels and sufferings:

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For Demas hath forsaken me - Demas is honorably mentioned in Col 4:14; but nothing more is known of him than what can be gathered from that place and this - that he was at first a friend and…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Demas hath forsaken me - This is another proof of the posteriority of this epistle: for Demas was with the apostle in his first imprisonment, and joins in the salutations, see Col 4:14, which were…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Timothy 4:9-15

Here are divers particular matters which Paul mentions to Timothy, now at the closing of the epistle. 1. He bids him hasten to him, if possible (Ti2 4:9): So thy diligence to come shortly to me. For…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Demas Very likely a shortened form of Demetrius; two persons of the name occur in N.T., Act 19:24, the silversmith of Ephesus, and, 3Jn 1:12, the bearer possibly of that letter, one to whose character…