2 Timothy 4:11 - Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

2 Timothy 4:11

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.

15 You also must beware of him, for he has greatly resisted our words.

16 At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. ^aMay it not be charged against them.

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2 Timothy 4:11

Only Luke is with me (Loukav estin monov met emou). Luke is with Paul now in Rome as during the first Roman imprisonment (Philemon 1:24; Colossians 4:14).

Take Mark (Markon analabwn). Second aorist active participle of analambanw, old verb, to pick up, as in Ephesians 6:13, Ephesians 6:16. "Pick up Mark."

He is useful to me (estin moi euxrhstov). See II Timothy 2:21 for euxrhstov. Paul had long ago changed his opinion of Mark (Colossians 4:10) because Mark had changed his conduct and had made good in his ministry. Now Paul longs to have the man that he once scornfully rejected (Acts 15:37 ff.).

Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 2 Timothy 4:11:

Acts 15:39
Acts 20:13
Acts 24:27
2 Corinthians 11:27
Ephesians 6:13
Colossians 4:10
Colossians 4:14
1 Timothy 1:12
2 Timothy 2:21
Hebrews 13:23

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