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2 Timothy 4:19-21
New Catholic Bible
2 Timothy 4:19-21
New Catholic Bible
Conclusion[a]
19 Final Greetings. Greet Prisca and Aquila,[b] and the household of Onesiphorus. 20 Erastus[c] remained in Corinth, while I left Trophimus ill in Miletus. 21 Do your best to get here before winter. Eubulus sends greetings to you, as do Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren.[d]
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- 2 Timothy 4:19 This conclusion gives a series of short requests, instructions, and greetings.
- 2 Timothy 4:19 Prisca and Aquila: Prisca (see Rom 16:3; 1 Cor 16:19) is the diminutive form of Priscilla (see Acts 16:2, 18f, 26). She and her husband Aquila were Jewish Christians who had met Paul on his first visit to Corinth during the Second Missionary Journey. They had come to Corinth from Rome, and like Paul they were tentmakers (see Acts 16:2f). Later they went with Paul to Ephesus (see Acts 18:18f), where their house became a Christian meeting place for several years before they returned to Rome (Rom 16:3f; 1 Cor 16:19). They had now gone back to Ephesus (see 1 Tim 1:3). Onesiphorus: see note on 2 Tim 1:16.
- 2 Timothy 4:20 Erastus: see note on Rom 16:23. Trophimus: a Christian from Ephesus (see Acts 21:29), who accompanied Paul to Jerusalem (see Acts 20:4) and was thought by the Jews to have entered the temple, thus leading to the riot that resulted in Paul’s arrest (see Acts 21:29ff) and first imprisonment at Rome. Miletus: a seaport on the coast of Asia Minor about 50 miles from Ephesus.
- 2 Timothy 4:21 Nothing is known for certain about Eubulus and Pudens. There is a western tradition that Linus was the successor of Peter as Bishop of Rome, and that Claudia was his mother.
