2 Timothy 4:11 BSB — MannaFest

2 Timothy 4:11

Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is useful to me in the ministry.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is useful to me for ministering.

KJV

Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Only Luke is with me,.... The beloved physician, who wrote the Gospel that bears his name, and "the Acts of the Apostles", and was a constant companion of Paul's in his travels and sufferings: take Mark, and bring him with thee; who might be at Ephesus, or somewhere in Timothy's way as he came to Rome.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Paul did not think it so; he loved the company of his friends. He speaks respectfully concerning Mark: He is profitable to me for the ministry. It is supposed that this Mark was he about whom Paul and Barnabas had contended, Acts xv.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Only Luke is with me - Luke, the author of the gospel which bears his name, and of the Acts of the Apostles. For a considerable part of the ministry of Paul, he was his traveling companion (compare the notes on Act 16:10), and we know that he went with him to Rome; Act 27:1. Take Mark - John Mark, see the notes at Act 15:37. He was the son of a sister of Barnabas, and had been the traveling companion of Barnabas and Paul.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Take--Greek, "take up" on thy journey (Ac 20:13, 14). John Mark was probably in, or near, Colosse, as in the Epistle to the Colossians (Col 4:10), written two years before this, he is mentioned as about to visit them.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Λουκᾶς	Loukas	Luke	G3065 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
μόνος	monos	alone	G3441 →
μετ᾽	met᾽	with	G3326 →
ἐμοῦ.	emou	me.	G1473 →
Μᾶρκον	Markon	Mark	G3138 →
ἀναλαβὼν	analabōn	having taken	G353 →
ἄγε	age	do bring [him]	G71 →
μετὰ	meta	with	G3326 →
σεαυτοῦ·	seautou	yourself;	G4771 →
ἔστιν	estin	he is	G1510 →
γάρ	gar	for	G1063 →
μοι	moi	to me	G3165 →
εὔχρηστος	euchrēstos	useful	G2173 →
εἰς	eis	for	G1519 →
διακονίαν.	diakonian	[the] ministry.	G1248 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Philemon 1:24
as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
leads to
- 2 Timothy 4:10–11
  because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Colossians 4:14
  Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.
Through
Acts 12:25
When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
leads to
- Acts 12:12
  And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Acts 12:12
And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.
leads to
- 1 John 5:14–15
  And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
- Acts 12:5
  So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
Through
Colossians 4:14
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.
leads to
- Philemon 1:24
  as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
Through
2 Timothy 1:15
You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
leads to
- Philippians 2:21
  For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
- 2 Timothy 4:16
  At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.