Romans 16:21
in Romans 16Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you greetings, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow countrymen.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Timothy my fellow-worker saluteth you; and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.
KJV
Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.
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This verse in Romans 16
Commentary
13 notes on this verseTimothy my helper greets you, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater my kinsmen. It seems to me that concerning these men, whom he set apart from the whole catalogue of those sending greetings, he had something more in mind. For he calls Timothy his helper, and all of them together his kinsmen.
This site's exposition
Timothy, my fellow worker
on Romans 16:21-24
The circle around Paul at Corinth sends greetings to Rome, and Tertius, who wrote the letter down, adds a line of his own. Gaius hosted Paul and the whole church, and Erastus held the office of city treasurer. Quartus closes the list with the plainest title in it, brother.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers4 voices
A commentator
Apostolic ConstitutionsCONSTITUTIONS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES · Written before 380.
proposed
Rough the whole world, and have left to you the bishops and to the rest of the priests this very Catholic doctrine worthily and righteously, as a memorial or confirmation to those who have believed in God; and we have sent it by our fellow-minister Clement, our most faithful and intimate son in the Lord, together with Barnabas, and Timothy our most dearly beloved son, and the genuine Mark, together with whom we recommend to you also Titus and Luke, and Jason and Lucius, and Sosipater.
A commentator
Theodoret of CyrusINTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS · Written before 458.
proposed
Timothy was circumcised at Lystra and Paul wrote him two letters. Jason is mentioned in Acts.
"Timotheus my work-fellow saluteth you." Observe the customary encomiums again. "And Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater my kinsmen." This Jason Luke also mentions, and sets before us his manliness also, when he says, that "they drew" him "to the rulers of the city, crying," etc. And it is likely that the others too were men of note. For he does not mention relations barely, unless they were also like him in religiousness.
Timothy was a fellow worker of Paul's as a cobishop, and he governed the church with great care. The Jews hated him to the point that he was circumcised because of it, in that his mother was Jewish and he could not be a teacher …
The Medieval Church1 voice
Then when he says, Timothy, he greets them on the part of others, saying: Timothy, my helper, greets you: I have sent you Timothy, who is my dearest and faithful son in the preaching of the Gospel (1 Cor 4:17). He adds: so do Lucius …
6 more voices on this verse
The Medieval Church1 voice
Timothy labored with him in the gospel; and to do the same thing that Paul did is great praise. This Jason is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as one who endured dangers most courageously (Acts 17:6). And they are kinsmen of the apostle …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Timotheus my work fellow,.... Now follow the salutations of the friends and companions of the apostle: we may imagine that when this epistle was just concluding, that these his friends being about him, one said, pray send my Christian salutation to our dear friends at Rome, so said a second, and likewise a third, and so on, and Timotheus he began. This is the same person with Timothy, a disciple the apostle met with at Derbe, whose father was a Greek, and his mother a Jewess, and a believer in Christ.
Timotheus my fellowlabourer - Here he is named even before St. Paul's kinsmen. But as he had never been at Rome, he is not named in the beginning of the epistle.
These Paul calls his kinsmen; not only more largely, as they were Jews, but as they were in blood or affinity nearly allied to him. It seems, Paul was of a good family, that he met with so many of his kindred in several places. It is a very great comfort to see the holiness and usefulness of our kindred.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Timotheus - Timothy; to whom the Epistles which bear his name were written. He was long the companion of Paul in his labors; Act 16:1; 1Co 16:10; 2Co 1:1, 2Co 1:19; Php 2:29; 1Th 3:2; 1Ti 1:2; Heb 13:23. And Lucius - He is mentioned in Act 13:1, as a prophet and teacher, a native of Cyrene. Nothing more is known of him. My kinsmen - Rom 16:7.
Timotheus my workfellow - This is on all hands allowed to be the same Timothy to whom St. Paul directs the two epistles which are still extant. See some account of him in the notes on Act 16:1 (note), etc. Lucius - This was probably Luke the evangelist, and writer of the book called The Acts of the Apostles. For a short account of him see the Preface to that book. Jason - It is likely that this is the same person mentioned Act 17:7, who at Thessalonica received the apostles into his house, and befriended them at the risk both of his property and life. Sosipater - He was a Berean, the son of one Pyrrhus, a Jew, by birth, and accompanied St. Paul from Greece into Asia, and probably into Judea. See Act 20:4.
The words behind it
15 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ἀσπάζεται | aspazetai | Greets | G782 → | 57 times |
| ὑμᾶς | humas | you | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| Τιμόθεος | timotheos | Timothy | G5095 → | |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| συνεργός | sunergos | fellow worker | G4904 → | 13 times |
| μου | mou | of mine | G3165 → | 1936 times |
| καὶ | kai | also | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| Λούκιος | loukios | Lucius | G3066 → | |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| Ἰάσων | iason | Jason | G2394 → | |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| Σωσίπατρος | sosipatros | Sosipater | G4989 → | |
| οἱ | hoi | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| συγγενεῖς | sungeneis | kinsmen | G4773 → | 11 times |
| μου.¶ | mou | of mine. | G3165 → | 1936 times |
ἈσπάζεταιGreets
aspazetaiG782 →57 times
ὑμᾶςyou
humasG4771 →2973 times
ΤιμόθεοςTimothy
timotheosG5095 →
ὁthe
hoG3588 →19766 times
συνεργόςfellow worker
sunergosG4904 →13 times
μουof mine
mouG3165 →1936 times
καὶalso
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ΛούκιοςLucius
loukiosG3066 →
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἸάσωνJason
iasonG2394 →
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ΣωσίπατροςSosipater
sosipatrosG4989 →
οἱthe
hoiG3588 →19766 times
συγγενεῖςkinsmen
sungeneisG4773 →11 times
μου.¶of mine.
mouG3165 →1936 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 13:1Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
it leads to
- Acts 4:36
Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement),
- Acts 15:35
But Paul and Barnabas remained at Antioch, along with many others, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord.
- Acts 11:22–27
When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
- Acts 13:9
Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas
- Acts 4:36
Through
Acts 20:4Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.
it leads to
- Acts 19:29
Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
- 2 Timothy 4:20
Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus.
- Ephesians 6:21
Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything, so that you also may know about me and what I am doing.
- Titus 3:12
As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there.
- Acts 19:29
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Epistle to the Romans; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ambrosiaster, COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES; Apostolic Constitutions, CONSTITUTIONS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES; John Chrysostom, Homily on Romans 32; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Origen of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS; Theodoret of Cyrus, INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Romans; Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Romans and William Ramsay, St. Paul the Traveller and the Roman Citizen.