Zenas.. and Apollos] Perhaps the bearers of the Epistle. Zenas was probably a Jewish scribe. For Apollos see Acts 18:24; 1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 16:12. The mingling of old names with new is a strong critical argument for the Pauline authorship; a pupil wishing to imitate would hardly be apt to mention any but well-known names.
Verse 13. _BRING ZENAS THE LAWYER_] This person is only mentioned in this place; whether he was a _Jewish, Roman_, or _Greek_ lawyer, we cannot tell. _AND APOLLOS_] Of this person we have some valua...
BRING ZENAS THE LAWYER - - This person is not elsewhere mentioned in the New Testament, and nothing more is known of him. He belonged doubtless to that class of persons so often mentioned in the New T...
III. IN RELATION TO THE WORLD AND FALSE TEACHERS CHAPTER 3 _ 1. Instructions (Titus 3:1)_ 2. Warnings (Titus 3:9) 3. Directions (Titus 3:12)...
CLOSING MESSAGES. Paul will send Artemas or Tychicus to fill Titus-' post when he leaves for Nicopolis (doubtless the Nicopolis in Epirus). For Tychicus see 2 Timothy 4:12 *, which implies that he was...
THE CHRISTIAN CITIZEN (Titus 3:1-2)...
When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. Do your best to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way. See to i...
BRING... JOURNEY. Greek. _propempo_. See Acts 15:3. Compare App-174. ZENAS. Not referred to elsewhere. APOLLOS. Mentioned Acts 18:24; Acts 19:1, and seven times in. Corinthians. DILIGENTLY. Compare...
_Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey_ The verb -bring on their journey" is literally -send forward," and so Vulg. here -praemitte"; but in the other eight places of its use in N.T. -de...
Personal directions. As to the conjectural chapter of biography of which we have traces here, see introduction, pp. 40 44. We may suppose that the object of the sending Tychicus or Artemas was to take...
ἈΠΟΛΛΏ. This, the rec. spelling, has the authority of CD2*cEH** KLP d e f, and is adopted by Tregelles and Lachmann; Tischendorf and WH print Ἀπολλών with אD2bH* (cp. 1 Corinthians 4:6). ΛΕΊΠΗ. So ACD...
12, 13. INVITATION. COME TO ME TO NICOPOLIS: SPEED ON THEIR JOURNEY ZENAS AND APOLLOS...
ΝΟΜΙΚΌΣ (G3544) относящийся к закону, законник. Это слово может обозначать знатока как еврейского, так и римского закона. Здесь, возможно, относится к римскому юристу (ABD, 6:1074-75; LAW, 3:2532-59)....
BRING ZENAS, &C.— St. Paul, most likely, knew that _Zenas_ and _Apollos_ were to pass through, or touch upon the island; and therefore he ordered Titus, σπουδαιως προπεμψαι, to _conduct them along wit...
CONCLUSION 3:12-15 _Text 3:12-15_ 12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, give diligence to come unto me to Nicopolis: for there I have determined to winter. 13 Set forward Zenas the law...
Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, —Zenas was a lawyer in the sense that he was an expert in the Law of Moses. However this did not prevent him from being a follower of Ch...
Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them. BRING ... ON THEIR JOURNEY - enable them to proceed by supplying necessaries for their journey. ZEN...
14 The ransom of Christ has a present power. Lawlessness is that basic conception of sin in which it is viewed as a departure from the normal and natural course of things. The ransom Of Christ will ev...
Zenas may have been a *Roman lawyer. Or he may have been a *Jew who was an expert in the law of Moses. He had become a Christian. Apollos was a well-known Christian who had worked in Ephesus (Acts 18:...
A GUIDE FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERS TITUS _HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 3 THE CHRISTIAN CITIZEN V1 Remind the people about these things. The people should let the government and the rulers h...
BRING ZENAS THE LAWYER. — A name contracted, as it seems, from Zenodorus. The term “lawyer” might possibly indicate that this friend of Paul’s was a Roman jurist, but it is more likely that the law in...
Come to me, as soon as you can be spared. Forward Zenas and Apollos. Let our friends in Crete remember that fruitfulness in good works is the one thing needful for them....
νομικόν : In the absence of any example of this word being used as the equivalent of _legisperitus_ (Vulg.), _jurisconsultus_ or _jurisperitus_, it seems best to assume that Zenas was a νομικός in the...
MAINTAINING GOOD WORKS Titus 3:8 It is wise advice that we should try to shun controversy and disputations. Small benefit accrues from such methods of advancing the truth. After all, the Lord's test...
The final section of the epistle has to do with the Church and the State, dealing with the duty of the Church, arguments impelling to the fulfilment of duty, and the method of realization. The duty of...
CLOSING WORDS Paul apparently planned to send either Artemas or Tychicus to take Titus' place in Crete (compare 2 Timothy 4:12; Acts 20:4; Ephesians 6:21-22;...
(12) When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter. (13) Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligen...
The epistle to Titus has much in common with those to Timothy, as all must observe; not only as being addressed to a fellow-servant, and indeed a son in the faith, but in general similarity of charact...
13_Zenas a lawyer _It is uncertain whether “Zenas”, was a Doctor of the Civil Law or of the Law of Moses; but as we may learn from Paul’s words that he was a poor man and needed the help of others, it...
With respect to the conduct of Christians towards the world, grace has banished violence, and the spirit of rebellion and resistance which agitates the heart of those who believe hot, and which has it...
BRING ZENAS THE LAWYER,.... Whether he was brought up to the civil law, either among the Greeks or Romans, is not certain; it may be he was a Jewish lawyer, or scribe, an interpreter of Moses's law am...
Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them. Ver. 13. _That nothing be wanting_] Those that labour in the Lord's work must have all necessary acc...
_Bring_ Or send forward; _Zenas the lawyer_ Zenas is mentioned in this passage only, and called νομικον, _the lawyer_, because, according to Jerome's interpretation, which is also that of Dr. Benson,...
NOTHING BE WANTING; needful for their journey....
BRING ZENAS, THE LAWYER, AND APOLLOS ON THEIR JOURNEY DILIGENTLY, THAT NOTHING BE WANTING UNTO THEM....
FINAL DIRECTIONS AND GREETINGS....
Though we are not of this world, as the blessed hope of Chapter 2:13 reminds us, yet while in it, our relationships toward it are to bear true Christian character. God has Himself constituted proper a...
12-15 Christianity is not a fruitless profession; and its professors must be filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. They must be doing goo...
Of this ZENAS we read no more in holy writ, but of APOLLOS we read both in the Acts, and 1 CORINTHIANS 3:4,5,22: it seemeth they were about to go to Paul to Nicopolis. THAT NOTHING BE WANTING UNTO THE...
Titus 3:13 Send G4311 Zenas G2211 lawyer G3544 and G2532 Apollos G625 journey G4311 (G5657) haste G4709 that...
Titus 3:13. Hospitality to Christian travellers was an urgent virtue in the early Church. Of Zenas nothing is known. Tradition calls him one of the seventy, and later a bishop at Diospolis. LAWYER m...
ZENAS THE LAWYER (Ζηναν τον νομικον). Possibly abbreviation of Zenodorus and may be one of the bearers of the Epistle with Apollos. Probably an expert in the Mosaic law as the word means in the Gos...
Titus 3:1. _Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, to speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekne...
Titus 3:1. _Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,_ You see, they were a rough, wild, rebellious people in Crete, and Christ...
CONTENTS: Further instructions concerning pastoral work of a true minister. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Titus, Artemas, Tychicus, Zenas, Apollos. CONCLUSION: The ministers of Christ...
Titus 3:1. _Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers._ See on Romans 13:1. Titus 3:5. _Not by works of righteousness which we have done._ Good works being strongly enforced here, we...
ZENAS THE LAWYER AND APOLLOS. "Teachers of the Law" were often called _lawyers._ Zenas is mentioned only here, We met Apollos in Acts 18:24, etc. It was standard practice for congregations to help the...
TITUS—NOTE ON TITUS 3:13 SPEED... ON THEIR WAY; SEE THAT THEY LACK NOTHING shows Paul’s concern that fellow missionaries be adequately supported. ZENAS is not mentioned elsewhere in the NT. Apo
TITUS—NOTE ON TITUS 3:12 Closing Encouragement. Paul closes with travel plans and greetings. Even these items echo the letter’s main points. ⇐...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Titus 3:13. ZENAS THE LAWYER.—Otherwise unknown. Either a Jew learned in the Scriptures, or a _juris consultus_. Perhaps the “lawyer” may show what he was before conv...
EXPOSITION TITUS 3:1 In _subjection _for _subject, _A.V.; _rulers _for _principalities. _A.V.; _to authorities _for _and powers, _A.V. and T.R.; _to be obedient _for _to obey magistrates, _A.V.; _un...
Ver. 13. _Zealously forward on their journey Zenas the lawyer, and Apollos, that nothing may be wanting to them._ The σπουδαίως πρόπεμψον evidently means that Titus should hasten the departure of the...
But put them in mind to be subject to the principalities and powers, and to obey the magistrates, and to be ready to every good work (Titus 3:1), So here as in many other places, the Christian is exho...
1 Corinthians 16:11; 3 John 1:6; Acts 18:24; Acts 21:5; Acts 28:10;...
Send forward Zenas the lawyer — Either a Roman lawyer or an expounder of the Jewish law....
Here we have. second private affair which is given in charge to Titus, namely, that he help forward on their journey Zenas and Apollos, both apostolic men, the former an expounder of the law of Moses,...