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2 Timothy 4:13
The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.
The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.
Verse 13. _THE CLOAK THAT I LEFT AT TROAS_] τον φελονην is by several translated _bag_ or _portmanteau_; and it is most likely that it was something of this kind, in which he might carry his clothes,...
THE CLOAK THAT I LEFT AT TROAS - On the situation of Troas, see the notes on Acts 16:8. It was not on the most direct route from Ephesus to Rome, but was a route frequently taken. See also the introdu...
IV. THE LAST WORDS OF THE APOSTLE CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The last charge (2 Timothy 4:1)_ 2. His last testimony (2 Timothy 4:6) 3. The last personal messages (2 Timothy 4:9)...
PERSONAL REQUESTS AND PERSONAL NEWS. Timothy's summons to Rome seems inconsistent with the discharge of the duties just enforced. If the letter is a unity, its main instructions may concern his condu...
PAUL'S GROUNDS OF APPEAL (2 Timothy 4:1-5)...
Do your best to come and see me soon. Demas has deserted me, because he loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. Luke alone is with me....
CLOKE. Greek. phailones. Only here. WITH. App-104. PARCHMENTS. Greek. membrane. Only here....
_The cloke_ Vulg. -penulam." The oldest use of the word is traced back beyond the Latins nearly to the time of Alexander the Great, in a fragment of a Doric poet, Rhinthon (Julius Pollux _Onomast_. vi...
The scattering of friends. Entreaty for Timothy's presence. Assurance of the Lord's present help The connexion is: -Do your best to come to me to come with all speed to come before the winter stops y...
ἈΠΈΛΙΠΟΝ. See above on 2 Timothy 4:10. 13. INSTRUCTIONS TO TIMOTHY, (14, 15) AND A WARNING 13. ΤῸΝ ΦΕΛΌΝΗΝ. This is the orthography followed by the best MSS.: the word φελόνης seems to be an incorrec...
ΦΑΙΛΌΝΗΣ плащ. Это тип верхней одежды — широкое одеяние без рукавов, сделанное из цельного куска тяжелой ткани с отверстием для головы посредине. Такие плащи носили путешественники для защиты от холод...
THE CLOKE THAT I LEFT AT TROAS, &C.— Τον φαιλονην. This word is variously spelt, and has various meanings. Gataker looks upon it to be a Latin word Graecised. Some understand it to signify a _bag,_ or...
REQUEST FOR TIMOTHY TO COME BACK TO PAUL 2 Timothy 4:9-15 _TEXT 4:9-15_ 9 Give diligence to come shortly unto me: 10 for Demas forsook me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica;...
The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments. CLOAK THAT I LEFT - probably obliged to leave it in a hurried departure...
12 This is a crucial test of our true state. Are we suffering persecution? If not, are we in earnest in our will to live devoutly in Christ Jesus? All who tread this path will be persecuted. Paul hims...
THE CLOKE] Probably a long thick mantle which the approach of winter (2 Timothy 4:21) would render necessary to the Apostle in prison. THE BOOKS] It is impossible to conjecture what these were. THE P...
ST. PAUL'S LAST MESSAGES AND COUNSELS 1-8. The Apostle, knowing that his days are fast drawing to a close, exhorts Timothy to increased diligence and earnestness in his teaching, in view of the immin...
HOW WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO DO GOD’S WORK 2 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 4 *PREACH THE *GOSPEL AND TEACH THE TRUTH (4:1-5) V1 This command I give to you with God and the *Lord Jesus...
THE CLOKE THAT I LEFT AT TROAS. — The apparently trivial nature of this request in an Epistle containing such weighty matter, and also the fact of such a wish on the part of one expecting death being...
CHAPTER 36 THE PERSONAL DETAILS A GUARANTEE OF GENUINENESS. IT would scarcely be exceeding the limits of legitimate hyperbole to say that these two passages prove the authenticity and genuineness of...
I want my warm winter cloak and my books. τὸν φελόνην : The φελόνης, or φαιλόνης, by metathesis for φαινόλης, was the same as the Latin _paenula_, from which it is derived, a circular cape which fell...
“THE LORD STOOD BY ME” 2 Timothy 4:13 The winter was approaching, and the Apostle would be glad of his cloak amid the damp of the Mamertine prison. Evidently his arrest under Nero's orders had been s...
As the result of these charges, the apostle shows what Timothy's attitude must be toward those over whom he has oversight. There are four things which he must do. "Preach the Word," "reprove," "rebuke...
PAUL'S DESIRE FOR COMPANIONSHIP Paul asked Timothy to make it his business to come to him as soon as he possibly could. Demas loved the world instead of the Lord's coming, so he forsook the Lord's ser...
_The cloak [7] which I left at Troas. It is expounded a cloak by St. John Chrysostom, St. Jerome, &c. Others think he may mean some coffer, or trunk, in which were his books and some things that he va...
(9) В¶ Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: (10) For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. (11) Onl...
Turning to the SECOND EPISTLE, we find that, although there is the same grand truth of the Saviour God maintained, the state of things had become sensibly worse, and the hour for the apostle's departu...
_Bring the cloak which I left at Troas _As to the meaning of the word φελόνη, (201) commentators are not agreed; for some think that it is a chest or box for containing books, and others that it is a...
Does this perfect and supreme authority of the scriptures set aside ministry ? By no means; it is the foundation of the ministry of the word. One is a minister of the word; one proclaims the word rest...
THE CLOAK THAT I LEFT AT TROAS WITH CARPUS,.... About the word here rendered a "cloak", interpreters are not agreed: some take it for a garment, and about this they differ; some would have it to be a...
The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring _with thee_, and the books, _but_ especially the parchments. Ver. 13. _The cloak that I left_] _O supellectilem Apostolicam!_ (Eras...
_The cloak_ Perhaps the toga which belonged to him as a Roman citizen, or an upper garment, which might be needful as winter came on. The word φαιλονη, however, so rendered, also signifies _a bag_, in...
THE PARCHMENTS; skins prepared, on which the more costly of the ancient books were written. Whether these were the writings of the apostle, or the writings of others, or merely materials for writing,...
The apostle writes this last chapter with a deepening sense in his soul of the nearness of his martyrdom; and it is most precious to observe how the solemnity of his charge to Timothy is mingled with...
9-13 The love of this world, is often the cause of turning back from the truths and ways of Jesus Christ. Paul was guided by Divine inspiration, yet he would have his books. As long as we live, we mu...
TROAS was a city in Asia, where we find Paul more than once, ACTS 16:8, ACTS 20:5; he preached Christ there, 2 CORINTHIANS 2:12. There Paul left an upper garment with one CARPUS, which probably (havin...
Tertullian De Corona Nay, there is more than this: for even Christ, we shall find, has ordinary raiment; Paul, too, has his cloak.[26] Tertullian On Prayer , unless any think that is was in prayer...
2 Timothy 4:13 Bring G5342 (G5720) cloak G5341 that G3739 left G620 (G5627) with G3844 Carpus G2591 at...
2 Timothy 4:13. CLOAK. The meaning of the Greek word is doubtful. It may be a Greek form φελόνης of the Latin _pænula,_ and in that case ‘cloak,' a thick travelling wrapper, is a good equivalent for i...
THE CLOKE (την φελονην). More common form φειλονη. By metathesis for φαινολη, Latin _paenula_, though which language transliterated the word into the other is not known. The meaning is also uncerta...
CONTENTS: Christ's faithful servant and the faithfulness of Christ to His own. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Demas, Timothy, Luke, Mark, Tychicus, Carpus, Alexander, Prisca, Aquila, Onesiphorus, Era...
2 Timothy 4:1. _I charge thee therefore before God preach the word._ Paul speaks here as a dying man, soon to appear before the throne of God and the Lamb. Soldiers must not sleep in war without a wat...
BRING MY COAT. He will need this warm winter coat in the dungeon. This was a circular cape which would come below the knees, with a hole in the center for the head to go through. BRING the books. We d...
_The cloke … the books … the parchments._ PAUL--HIS CLOAK AND HIS BOOKS I. Let us look at this memorable cloak which Paul left with Carpus at Troas. Troas was a principal seaport-town of Asia Minor....
2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 4:9 Conclusion. Paul closes with some final comments concerning travel, and greetings. The key themes of the letter continue even here....
2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 4:13 CLOAK. A heavy coat that would be especially important in the winter (see v. 2 Timothy 4:21). books
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Timothy 4:9. DO THY DILIGENCE TO COME SHORTLY UNTO ME.—Make all possible speed to arrive, or on earth we shall not meet again. Perhaps, however, it was the lonelines...
EXPOSITION 2 TIMOTHY 4:1 _In the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus _for _therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, _A.V. and T.R.; _and by _for _at, _A.V. and T.R. I CHARGE THEE (διαμαρτύρομαι...
Ver. 13. _The cloak which I left at Troas with Carpus, bring when thou comest, and the books, especially the parchments._ It would seem from this that Timothy was still somewhere in Asia Minor; if he...
Paul said to Timothy, I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ (2 Timothy 4:1), Hey, that's heavy duty, man, when you charge a person before God and before the Lord Jesus Christ. Laying a...
1 Corinthians 4:11; 2 Corinthians 11:27; Acts 16:11; Acts 16:8;...
The cloak — Either the toga, which belonged to him as a Roman citizen, or an upper garment, which might be needful as winter came on. Which I left at Troas with Carpus — Who was probably his host ther...
St. Paul having desired Timothy's company at Rome, requests him to bring with him such things as he wanted, and stood in present need of. 1. His CLOAK: probably. garment which in the winter season he...