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2 Timothy 4:11

2 Timothy 4:11
Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. To supply the place of Timothy, while he came to Rome, and continued there: so careful was the apostle of the church there, that they might not be without the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Only Luke is with me - Luke, the author of the gospel which bears his name, and of the Acts of the Apostles. For a considerable part of the ministry of Paul, he was his traveling companion (compare…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Only Luke is with me - This was Luke the evangelist, and writer of the Acts of the Apostles, who was always much attached to St. Paul, and it is supposed continued with him even to his martyrdom.

Take…

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

Only Luke Lucas is a contraction of Lucanus, which occurs frequently in inscriptions, and may indicate the position of a libertusor freedman: many such, we know, were the house physicians, the…