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8 Finally, there is laid up for me athe crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous bJudge, will give to me con that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.  

The Abandoned Apostle

9 Be diligent to come to me quickly;
10 for aDemas has forsaken me, bhaving loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica—Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia.  
11 Only Luke is with me. Get aMark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry.  
12 And aTychicus I have sent to Ephesus.  
13 Bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas when you come—and the books, especially the parchments.
14 aAlexander the coppersmith did me much harm. May the Lord repay him according to his works.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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2 Timothy 4:10

Demas—once a "fellow laborer" of Paul, along with Mark and Luke (Colossians 4:14; Philemon 1:24). His motive for forsaking Paul seems to have been love of worldly ease, safety, and comforts at home, and disinclination to brave danger with Paul (Matthew 13:20-22). CHRYSOSTOM implies that Thessalonica was his home.

Galatia—One oldest manuscript supports the reading "Gaul." But most oldest manuscripts, etc., "Galatia."

Titus—He must have therefore left Crete after "setting in order" the affairs of the churches there (Titus 1:5).

Dalmatia—part of the Roman province of Illyricum on the coast of the Adriatic. Paul had written to him (Titus 3:12) to come to him in the winter to Nicopolis (in Epirus), intending in the spring to preach the Gospel in the adjoining province of Dalmatia. Titus seems to have gone thither to carry out the apostle's intention, the execution of which was interrupted by his arrest. Whether he went of his own accord, as is likely, or was sent by Paul, which the expression "is departed" hardly accords with, cannot be positively decided. Paul here speaks only of his personal attendants having forsaken him; he had still friends among the Roman Christians who visited him (II Timothy 4:21), though they had been afraid to stand by him at his trial (II Timothy 4:16).




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Timothy 4:10:

Daniel 7:12
Romans 15:19
Philippians 2:21
Colossians 4:14
2 Timothy 4:8
Revelation 3:15

 

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