“ Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. ”
Chosen in the Lord - “Elect” in the Lord; that is, a chosen follower of Christ. And his mother and mine - “His mother in a literal sense, and mine in a figurative one.” An instance of the del...
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...
Rufus . Common Latin name. Perhaps the Rufus of Mark 15:21 . chosen . the elect (brother). See Romans 8:33 . Compare 1 Timothy 5:21 ; 2 John 1:13 :. The term marks some special manifestation...
Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. Rufus, chosen in the Lord - Τον εκλεκον, one of great excellence in Christianity; a choice man, as we would say. So the word εκλεκτος often s...
And his mother and mine— Hence some have thought, that Rufus was at least half-brother to St. Paul; but perhaps he might in this expression refer to the maternal care which this good woman had take...
Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. Salute Rufus chosen ('the chosen') in the Lord - meaning, not 'who, is one of the elect,' as every believer is, but 'the choice,' or...
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...
Rufus. — Simon of Cyrene is described in St. Mark’s Gospel ( Mark 15:21 ) as “the father of Alexander and Rufus,” and as there is a substantial tradition, favoured by some internal indications, tha...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord ,.... This was a Roman name; frequent mention is made Jewish writings u of one Turnus Rufus, a Roman officer, that destroyed the temple, and ploughed up the city of J...
Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. Ver. 13. His mother and mine ] His by nature, mine by affection. The apostles parted with parents and friends at home, found them abroad....
Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa Probably two sisters; who labour in the Lord In the service of the Lord, according to their stations: as did also Persis, who seems to be here termed beloved , becau...
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...
Friendly Salutations; Apostolic Salutations. A. D. 58. 1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister,...
Salute Rufus; the same (it may be) of whom you may read, Mark 15:21 . Chosen in the Lord; a choice Christian, one eminent for gifts and graces. So, 3 John 1:1 , you read of an elect lady:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Greetings sent by Paul to friends and acquaintances:
1 Timothy 5:2 ; 2 John 1:1 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:13 ; Ephesians 1:4 ; John 15:16 ; John 19:27 ; Mark 15:21 ; Mark 3:35 ; Matthew 12:49 ; Matthew 12:50 ; Matthew 20:16
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...
Salute Rufus — Perhaps the same that is mentioned, Mark 15:21 . And his mother and mine — This expression may only denote the tender care which Rufus's mother had taken of him.