Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
Ver. 9. Yet for love's sake, &c.] Here is brave oratory, such as might well mollify the hardest heart; Petendo movet, et movendo petit.
Paul the aged] And therefore venerable. Cognata sunt. Old age and honour are in the Greek tongue very near akin; γηρας and γερας. It is a crown (saith Solomon), and that of glory, when found in the way of righteousness,Proverbs 16:31. These bear a resemblance of the Ancient of days, Daniel 7:9. These are like flowers which have their roots perfect when themselves are withering; these, like roses, keep a sweet savour though they lose their colour. These give greatest glimpse at their going down. Magna fuit semper capitis reverentia cani,Acts 21:16 .