Romans 16:13. Rufus. Possibly the person mentioned in Mark 15:21 (see in loco), since Mark probably wrote in Rome. But the name was frequent

The chosen in the Lord; not merely ‘elect in Christ,' but a chosen distinguished Christian man.

His mother and mine.His mother by nature, mint by maternal kindness' (Webster and Wilkinson). The peculiarly affectionate tone suggests some special kindness, in regard to which we can only conjecture. If she were the wife of Simon of Cyrene and had lived at Jerusalem, opportunities to befriend Paul would have been frequent.

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