Philippians 2:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For he longed after you all; he gives them the first reason of his present sending, not that Epaphroditus was unwilling to stay longer with him, but because he was greatly concerned for all of them of the church at Philippi, who had his heart, as they had Paul s, Philippians 1:8, Philippians 4:1 Romans 1:11; solicitous to be with them to do their souls good. And was full of heaviness; especially, considering their great affection to him, whom they had intrusted in this service, he was in such distress for them, that his spirits were even ready to fail him \as Matthew 26:37\ from sympathy, 2 Corinthians 11:29. Because that ye had heard that he had been sick; knowing how much the certain report of his dangerous sickness in those circumstances, when they could understand nothing of his recovery, would affect them.