2 Timothy 4:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: ”

2 Timothy 4:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Alexander the coppersmith - Or, rather, “the brazier” - ὁ χαλκεύς ho chalkeus. The word is used, however, to denote a worker in any kind of metals. This is probably the same person who is m...
2 Timothy 4:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Personal Requests and Personal News. Timothy's summons to Rome seems inconsistent with the discharge of the duties just enforced. If the letter is a unity, its main instructions may concern his c...
2 Timothy 4:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Alexander . The addition of "coppersmith" suggests his identity with the Ephesian Jew of Acts 19:33 ; Acts 19:34 , coppersmith . Greek. chalkeus. Only here. did . Literally showed forth. m...
2 Timothy 4:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14 Alexander the coppersmith In this man was exhibited a shocking instance of apostasy. He had made profession of some zeal in advancing the reign of Christ, against which he afterwards carr...
2 Timothy 4:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: Alexander the coppersmith - We are not to understand this of any tradesman, but of some rabbin; for it was not...
2 Timothy 4:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Alexander the copper-smith, &c.— Dr. Lightfoot observes, that delivering a person over to Satan, was a phrase well known among the Jews; and that it meant more than excommunication, even th...
2 Timothy 4:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: Alexander the coppersmith - or 'smith,' some think. Perhaps the same as the Alexander ( 1 Timothy 1:20...
2 Timothy 4:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St. Paul's Last Messages and Counsels 1-8. The Apostle, knowing that his days are fast drawing to a close, exhorts Timothy to increased diligence and earnestness in his teaching, in view of the im...
2 Timothy 4:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil. — Most probably, the same Alexander, mentioned in the First Epistle ( 1 Timothy 1:20 ) “as delivered to Satan,” and not improbably identical with the Ale...
2 Timothy 4:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 36 THE PERSONAL DETAILS A GUARANTEE OF GENUINENESS. IT would scarcely be exceeding the limits of legitimate hyperbole to say that these two passages prove the authenticity and genuineness...
2 Timothy 4:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Lord Stood by Me” 2 Timothy 4:13-22 The winter was approaching, and the Apostle would be glad of his cloak amid the damp of the Mamertine prison. Evidently his arrest under Nero's orders h...
2 Timothy 4:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

As the result of these charges, the apostle shows what Timothy's attitude must be toward those over whom he has oversight. There are four things which he must do. "Preach the Word," "reprove," "rebuk...
2 Timothy 4:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(9) В¶ Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: (10) For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. (11) On...
2 Timothy 4:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil ,.... This seems to be the same person that was at Ephesus in the tumult, when the apostle was there, Acts 20:33 and whom he afterwards delivered to Sata...
2 Timothy 4:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: Ver. 14. Alexander the coppersmith ] Who was once martyrio propinquus, saith Calvin, near unto martyrdom...
2 Timothy 4:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Alexander the coppersmith Or brasier; did me much evil This seems to have been the person mentioned 1 Timothy 1:20 : probably he was one of the Judaizing teachers, who violently opposed the true...
2 Timothy 4:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The apostle writes this last chapter with a deepening sense in his soul of the nearness of his martyrdom; and it is most precious to observe how the solemnity of his charge to Timothy is mingled with...
2 Timothy 4:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostle's Directions to Timothy. A. D. 66. 9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: ...
2 Timothy 4:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Alesander the coppersmith did me much evil ; we read of three Alexanders; one Mark 15:21 , the son of him that bare Christ's cross; another Acts 4:6 , akin to Annas the High Priest; a third,...
2 Timothy 4:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 2 Timothy 4:14 . The Lord reward him according to his works. —R.V. “the Lord will render,” etc. What the Jew Alexander would have said to the Ephesian mob we canno...
2 Timothy 4:14 - Scofield Reference Notes

Lord Jehovah. ( 2 Samuel 3:39 ).
2 Timothy 4:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Timothy 4:1 . I charge thee therefore before God preach the word. Paul speaks here as a dying man, soon to appear before the throne of God and the Lamb. Soldiers must not sleep in war without a...
2 Timothy 4:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil. Indignation an important quality in a true man At a party at Dalkeith Palace, where Mr. in his mawkish way was finding palliations for some villainou...
2 Timothy 4:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Timothy 4:1 In the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus for therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, A.V. and T.R.; and by for at, A.V. and T.R. I charge thee (δι...
2 Timothy 4:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Report Concerning Various Acquaintances and the First Hearing. Various personal matters:
2 Timothy 4:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 5:16 ; 1 Samuel 24:12 ; 1 Timothy 1:20 ; 2 Samuel 3:39 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:6 ; Acts 19:33 ; Acts 19:34 ; Jeremiah 15:15 ; Jeremiah 18:19-23 ; Psalms 109:5-20 ; Psalms 28:4 ; Revela...
2 Timothy 4:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The Lord will reward him — This he spoke prophetically.

2 Timothy 4:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Timothy 4:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Timothy 4:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Timothy 4:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Timothy 4:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Timothy 4:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Timothy 4:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Timothy 4:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Timothy 4:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Timothy 4:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Timothy 4:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Timothy 4:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Timothy 4:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Timothy 4:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Timothy 4:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Timothy 4:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Timothy 4:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Timothy 4:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Timothy 4:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Timothy 4:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Timothy 4:14 - Scofield Reference Notes

2 Timothy 4:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Timothy 4:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Timothy 4:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Timothy 4:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Timothy 4:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Timothy 4:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes