Salute Urbanus our fellow-worker in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.
'Urbanus' -(uhr BAIN us) 'belonging to the urbs, or 'city', i.e. Rome.. name by its very nature specially common in Rome. (F.F. Bruce p. 272)
'Stachys' -(STAY kis) (ear of grain). 'One or two of its occurrences are in association with the imperial household.' (F.F. Bruce p. 272)
Verse Romans 16:9. _URBANE, OUR HELPER_] Who this Urbanus was we know not; what is here stated is, that he had been a fellow labourer with the apostles. _STACHYS, MY BELOVED._] One of my _particular...
CHAPTER 16 _ 1. Greetings to Individuals. (Romans 16:1 .)_ 2. Warning and Comfort. (Romans 16:17 .) 3. The Final Salutations. (Romans 16:21 .) 4. The Conclusion. ...
PERSONAL GREETINGS. Beside the two household groups of Romans 16:10 f., the catalogue contains twenty-six names, eight being those of women. Many of the names appearing were commonly borne by slaves....
A LETTER OF COMMENDATION (Romans 16:1-2)...
Give my greetings to my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia. Give my greetings to Mary who has toiled hard among you. Give my greetings to Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen...
URBANE. Urban (masc).. Latin name. STACHYS. Masculine. Only here....
_Urban_ Strictly, URBÂNUS. The letter - _e_in the E. V. form is not to be pronounced: it is like the final - _e_of _Constantine_, and has nothing to do with _feminine_terminations. It would have been...
ΟΥ̓ΡΒΑΝῸΝ. “A common slave name, found among the members of the (imperial) household,” S. H. The name of course tells us nothing as to nationality. He may have been a Jew or a Greek. ΤῸΝ ΣΥΝΕΡΓῸΝ ἩΜΩ͂...
Greetings to Christians at Rome. 3–16. Greetings; see Lightfoot, _Phil._ pp. 171 ff. S. H. _ad loc_[317] [317] _ad loc._ ad locum...
_TEXT_ Romans 16:1-16. I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreae: 2 that ye receive her in the Lord, worthily of the saints, and that ye assist her in...
Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. SALUTE URBANE, [ Ourbanon (G3773)] - rather, 'Urbanus:' it is a man's name. OUR HELPER, [ sunergon (G4904)] - ' fellow-labourer,' IN...
__ Paul's Intended Journey 28 During Paul's first three ministries the nations were dependent on Israel, and received of their spiritual things. Hence they were indebted to them and sought to pay by...
GREETINGS AND WARNINGS 1-16. Commendation and greetings. Observe the number of women to whom the Apostle sends greeting. The fact is indicative of the change wrought in the position of women by the g...
URBANE] RV 'Urbanus.'...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 16 PERSONAL GREETINGS Sometimes a church leader may seem very strict when he *preaches. There are some very serious ma...
URBANE. — Urbanus, or Urban; the final “e” should not be sounded. Like Ampliatus, a common name found among members of the household. OUR HELPER IN CHRIST. — The “helper,” that is, both of St. Paul a...
CHAPTER 32 A COMMENDATION; GREETINGS; A WARNING; A DOXOLOGY Romans 16:1 ONCE more, with a reverent license of thought, we may imagine ourselves to be watching in detail the scene in the house of Gai...
Οὐρβανὸν : also a common slave name, “found, as here, in juxtaposition with Ampliatus, in a list of imperial freedmen, on an inscription A.D. 115” (Gifford). τὸν συνεργὸν ἡμῶν : the ἡμῶν (as opposed t...
PERSONAL INTEREST IN FELLOW-CHRISTIANS Romans 16:1 Here is a window into Paul's heart. He was apparently disowned by his own kindred, yet, as the Lord had promised, He had mothers, sisters, and broth...
In the salutation twenty-six persons are named. Two-thirds of these names are Greek, which, in all probability, are names of persons the apostle had actually known in his work in Asia. Phoebe was spec...
“ _Salute Urbanus, our fellow-worker in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. Salute Apelles [the brother] approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household._ ” Urbanus, a Latin name signi...
To the recommendation of Phoebe, the apostle joins a list of _salutations_, which might indeed still be called recommendations; for the imperative ἀσπάσασθε, _greet_, fifteen times repeated, is addres...
THIRTIETH PASSAGE (16:1-16). RECOMMENDATIONS, SALUTATIONS, WARNING. It is the apostle's custom, when closing his letters, to treat a number of particular subjects of a more or less personal nature, su...
Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord. (9) Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. (10) Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household. (11) Sal...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
Never having known the Roman Christians as an assembly, Paul sends many personal salutations. This was the link which subsisted. We see how touchingly his heart dwells upon all the details of service...
SALUTE URBANE, OUR HELPER IN CHRIST,.... This also was a Roman name, and which many of the popes of Rome have since taken to themselves; he is said to be one of the seventy disciples, and to be a bish...
Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. Ver. 9. _Our helper in Christ_] A sweet sign to him, that his name was written in the book of life, Philippians 4:3 ....
_Salute Urbane_, or _Urbanus_ rather, _our helper_ Συνεργον, _our fellow-labourer_ Mine and Timothy's, Romans 16:21. _Salute Apelles_, τον δοκιμον, _the approved in Christ_ One who hath showed himself...
HELPER IN CHRIST; Christian helper in promoting religion....
SALUTE URBANE, OUR HELPER IN CHRIST, AND STACHYS, MY BELOVED....
Greetings sent by Paul to friends and acquaintances:...
COMMUNICATIONS, GREETINGS AND CLOSING This chapter has a character peculiar to itself; and being a fifth subdivision of the last division (Chapter s 12 to 16) of the book, we may expect in some sense...
Priscilla and Aquila Acts 18:24-28 Taught Apollos Kicked out of Rome Came to Corinth NOTE: The Roman letter is written from Corinth 4 Church that is in their house NOTE: Many house churches in R...
1-16 Paul recommends Phebe to the Christians at Rome. It becomes Christians to help one another in their affairs, especially strangers; we know not what help we may need ourselves. Paul asks help for...
URBANE; this also is a Roman name; it was coveted afterwards by many bishops of Rome. OUR HELPER IN CHRIST; the same that was said of Aquila and Priscilla, ROMANS 16:3. Possibly he might be one of the...
Salute Urbanus our fellow-worker in Christ, and Stachys my beloved....
Romans 16:9 Greet G782 (G5663) Urbanus G3773 our G2257 worker G4904 in G1722 Christ G5547 and G2532 Stachys...
1). FINAL GREETINGS AND EXHORTATIONS (16:1-16). It is unusual to find such a detailed list of people to be greeted in Paul's letters. Indeed, in most of his letters no specific person is individually...
‘Salute Urbanus our fellow-worker in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.' Urbanus was a popular Roman name indicating ‘belonging to the urbs (the city)'. Note that he is not called ‘my fellow-worker'. Th...
4). FINAL GREETINGS (16:1-27). We now come to the close of the letter. This final chapter divides up into three subsections: 1) Final greetings and exhortations (Romans 16:1). 2) Exhortation to bew...
Romans 16:9. URBANUS (the Latin form of this Latin name), OUR FELLOW WORKER IN CHRIST ‘Our' refers not to Paul alone, since he says ‘my' so frequently here, but to the Roman Christians also. S TACHYS...
III. CONCLUDING PORTION OF THE EPISTLE. This part of the Epistle may be divided into four sections, (1) Personal explanations, similar to those in chap. Romans 1:8-15 (chap. Romans 15:14-33). (2.) Gre...
2. _Greetings to different Persons at Rome._ The bearer of the letter is commended in vers, 1, 2. Then follow greetings to many individuals, and to some households or household churches. About one thi...
URBANUS (Ουρβανον). "A common Roman slave name found among members of the household" (Sanday and Headlam). A Latin adjective from _urbs_, city (city-bred).STACHYS (Σταχυν). A Greek name, rare, bu...
CONTENTS: The outflow of Christian love. Closing salutations and benediction. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, many of the gospel helpers, Satan. CONCLUSION: Courtesy and Christianity go together. Ackn...
Romans 16:1. _I commend to you Phebe a servant of the church._ Διακονον, a _deaconess_ of the church _at Cenehrea,_ the eastern port of Corinth, where Paul shaved his head, that he might be purified o...
URBANUS. Another common slave name. STACHYS. We know only that he was a dear friend to Paul. These three men are connected with the Imperial household by inscriptions which have been found....
THE CONCLUSION OF THE EPISTLE 1. This is scarcely the kind of conclusion that one would have expected. One would have thought that the rapt apostle, having been borne to the loftiest circles of conte...
_Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord._ AMPLIAS Was probably one of Paul’s converts. I. “my beloved.” 1. As his own son in the gospel, or-- 2. From special grace observed in him. 3. Warm attachm...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 16:8 The people greeted in these verses are not mentioned elsewhere in the NT. The FAMILY OF ARISTOBULUS probably refers to the slaves in Aristobulus’s household. Some think Aris...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 16:1 Paul warmly greets those he knows in Rome. He is able to say something specific about almost every person greeted. ⇐...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 16:7. MY KINSMEN.—Kindred. Perhaps in this passage the wider sense of fellow-countrymen. It is difficult to state what is the imprisonment here mentioned. Romans 16:8.—Amplias...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 16:1 K. _Commendation of Phoebe, and salutations to Christians at Rome._ ROMANS 16:1, ROMANS 16:2 I co
Chapter 16 is just personal greetings to many of those in Rome. We are going to go rather rapidly through it, just pointing out a few things. First of all, Paul, commends unto you Phoebe our sister,...
Romans 16:2; Romans 16:21; Romans 16:3...
Urbane. The correct reading is Urbanus, city - bred. Stachys. Meaning an ear of corn....
THE WOMEN OF THE EARLY CHURCH Romans 16:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is, perhaps, no one chapter in the Bible which so marvelously reveals the womanhood of the early church, as the women described in...
Our fellowlabourer — Mine and Timothy's, Romans 16:21....