Philemon 1:24
22 In the meantime, prepare a guest room for me, because I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.
23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings,
as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
25 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
- KJV
- Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
- WEB
- as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
- ASV
- [and so do] Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workers.
- DARBY
- Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workmen.
- BLB
- [as do] Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, [and] Luke, my fellow workers.
- ÅB
- det gjør også medarbeiderene mine; Markus, Aristarkus, Demas og Lukas.
- OTB
- Det gjør også Markus, Aristarkus, Demas og Lukas, som er mine medarbeidere.
- B1930
- likeledes Markus, Aristarkus, Demas, Lukas, mine medarbeidere.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 4:10
My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you greetings, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have already received instructions about him: If he comes to you, welcome him.
Read in context2 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.
Read in contextColossians 4:14
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.
Read in contextActs 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.
Read in contextActs 15:37–39
Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark.
Read in contextActs 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.
Read in contextActs 12:25
When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
Read in contextActs 27:2
We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
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