Romans 16:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. ”

Romans 16:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My kinsmen - In Romans 9:3 , the apostle calls “all” the Jews “his kinsmen,” and it has been doubted whether he means anything more here than that they were “fellow Jews.” But as many others who...
Romans 16:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in (d) Christ before me. (d) Ingrafted by faith.
Romans 16:7 - 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...
Romans 16:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Andronicus . Only here. Junia . The accusative case case may indicate either masculine Juntas, or feminine Junia. kinsmen . Greek. sungenes. Literal here; in Romans 9:3 it is figurative....
Romans 16:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. Salute Andronicus Though Paul is not wont to make much of kindred, and of other things belonging to the flesh, yet as the relationship which Junia and Andronicus bore to him, might avail...
Romans 16:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen - As the word συγγενεις signif...
Romans 16:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Andronicus and Junia— Or, Junias. Diodati thinks that by apostles in this verse are meant the evangelists; and that the meaning is, that these persons were noted messengers of the churches; but...
Romans 16:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. Salute Andronicus and Junia - or, as it might be, 'Juni...
Romans 16:7 - 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...
Romans 16:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Junia. — Or, possibly, “Junias” (for Junianus), a man’s name. My kinsmen. — From the number of persons (six in all, and those not only in Rome but also in Greece and Macedonia) to whom the title...
Romans 16:7 - 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...
Romans 16:7 - 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,...
Romans 16:7 - 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...
Romans 16:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: (2) That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she...
Romans 16:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen ,.... According to the flesh, being perhaps not only of the same nation, Jews, but also of the same tribe, the tribe of Benjamin, and even of the same family,...
Romans 16:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. Ver. 7. Who are of note ] Επισημοι, noble, notable Christia...
Romans 16:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Salute Andronicus and Junia Or, Junias rather, it being evidently the name of a man, as appears from the apostle's terming them both his kinsmen And saying, that they were of note among the ap...
Romans 16:7 - 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...
Romans 16:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Friendly Salutations; Apostolic Salutations. A. D. 58. 1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister,...
Romans 16:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Salute Andronicus and Junia; it may be rendered Junius. Some think this Junia was a woman, and the wife of Andronicus; others take them both for men. My kinsmen; so he calls them, either because...
Romans 16:7 - 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...
Romans 16:7 - 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...
Romans 16:7 - 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...
Romans 16:7 - 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...
Romans 16:7 - 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...
Romans 16:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Greetings sent by Paul to friends and acquaintances:
Romans 16:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:30 ; 1 John 4:13 ; 1 John 5:20 ; 2 Corinthians 11:23 ; 2 Corinthians 5:17 ; 2 Corinthians 5:21 ; Colossians 4:10 ; Ephesians 2:10 ; Galatians 1:22 ; Galatians 2:2 ; Galatia...
Romans 16:7 - 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...
Romans 16:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Who are of note among the apostles — They seem to have been some of the most early converts. Fellowprisoners — For the gospel's sake.

Romans 16:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Romans 16:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Romans 16:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 16:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Romans 16:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 16:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Romans 16:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Romans 16:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Romans 16:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 16:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Romans 16:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Romans 16:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Romans 16:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Romans 16:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Romans 16:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Romans 16:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Romans 16:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 16:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 16:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Romans 16:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Romans 16:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 16:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Romans 16:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 16:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Romans 16:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Romans 16:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Romans 16:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 16:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Romans 16:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes