Romans 16:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord. ”

• Romans 16:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Personal Greetings. Beside the two household groups of Romans 16:10 f., the catalogue contains twenty-six names, eight being those of women. Many of the names appearing were commonly borne by sla...

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• Romans 16:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Herodion . Greek masculine name. Narcissus . Only here. Common Greek name (masc). which . who.

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• Romans 16:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  11. Who are of the family of Narcissus It would have been unbecoming to have passed by Peter in so long a catalogue, if he was then at Rome: yet he must have been there, if we believe the Ro...

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• Romans 16:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord. Herodion, my kinsman - Probably another converted Jew. See on Romans 16:7 (note). Of the hous...

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• Romans 16:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  In the Lord— From this and the following verse we may observe, that when the whole family was converted, the Apostle writes to the church in such a house; when not, the salutation is directed to...

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• Romans 16:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord. Salute Herodion my kinsman - (see the note at Romans 16:7 .) Greet them that be of [th...

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• Romans 16:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Greetings and Warnings 1-16. Commendation and greetings. Observe the number of women to whom the Apostle sends greeting. The fact is indicative of the change wrought in the position of women by t...

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• Romans 16:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  My kinsman. — See the Note on Romans 16:7 . Them that be of the household of Narcissus. — A phrase similar to that which is translated, “Them which are of Aristobulus’ household,” above. Narcis...

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• Romans 16:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 32 A COMMENDATION; GREETINGS; A WARNING; A DOXOLOGY Romans 16:1-27 ONCE more, with a reverent license of thought, we may imagine ourselves to be watching in detail the scene in the hou...

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• Romans 16:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Personal Interest in Fellow-Christians Romans 16:1-16 Here is a window into Paul's heart. He was apparently disowned by his own kindred, yet, as the Lord had promised, He had mothers, sisters,...

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• Romans 16:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  In the salutation twenty-six persons are named. Two-thirds of these names are Greek, which, in all probability, are names of persons the apostle had actually known in his work in Asia. Phoebe was spe...

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• Romans 16:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord. (9) Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. (10) Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household. (11) Sa...

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• Romans 16:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Salute Herodion my kinsman ,.... According to the flesh, being of the same nation, a Jew; or of the same tribe, the tribe of Benjamin; or of the same family, and nearly allied in blood to him: thoug...

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• Romans 16:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord. Ver. 11. My kinsman ] In the flesh, but more in the faith, that surest tie.

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• Romans 16:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Salute Urbane , or Urbanus rather, our helper Συνεργον, our fellow-labourer Mine and Timothy's, Romans 16:21 . Salute Apelles , τον δοκιμον, the approved in Christ One who hath showed hims...

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• Romans 16:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Communications, Greetings and Closing This chapter has a character peculiar to itself; and being a fifth subdivision of the last division (Chapter s 12 to 16) of the book, we may expect in some se...

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• Romans 16:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Friendly Salutations; Apostolic Salutations. A. D.  58.       1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister,...

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• Romans 16:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Salute Herodion my kinsman: see Romans 16:7 . Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus: this Narcissus is reported by Suetonius to have been in great favour with Claudius the emperor...

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• Romans 16:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  1). Final Greetings And Exhortations (16:1-16). It is unusual to find such a detailed list of people to be greeted in Paul's letters. Indeed, in most of his letters no specific person is individua...

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• Romans 16:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Romans 16:7 . My kinsmen .—Kindred. Perhaps in this passage the wider sense of fellow-countrymen. It is difficult to state what is the imprisonment here mentioned. Romans 16:8-9...

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• Romans 16:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Romans 16:1 . I commend to you Phebe a servant of the church. Διακονον, a deaconess of the church at Cenehrea, the eastern port of Corinth, where Paul shaved his head, that he might be purifie...

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• Romans 16:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The conclusion of the Epistle 1. This is scarcely the kind of conclusion that one would have expected. One would have thought that the rapt apostle, having been borne to the loftiest circles of co...

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• Romans 16:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Romans 16:1-45 K. Commendation of Phoebe, and salutations to Christians at Rome. Romans 16:1 , Romans 16:2 I commend unto you Phoebe our sister ( i.e. fellow-Chr...

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• Romans 16:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Greetings sent by Paul to friends and acquaintances:

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• Romans 16:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Women of the Early Church Romans 16:1-16 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is, perhaps, no one chapter in the Bible which so marvelously reveals the womanhood of the early church, as the women desc...

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• Romans 16:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Those of the family of Aristobulus and Narcissus, who are in the Lord — It seems only part of their families were converted. Probably, some of them were not known to St. Paul by face, but only by c...

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