Romans 16:13

Amplified Bible

Greet Rufus, an eminent and choice man in the Lord, also his mother [who has been] a mother to me as well.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Greetings also to Rufus, one of the Lord's chosen people, and to his mother, who has been a mother to me too.

Revised Standard Version
Greet Rufus, eminent in the Lord, also his mother and mine.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Salute Rufus chosen tn the Lorde and his mother and myne.

Hebrew Names Version
Greet Rufus, the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

International Standard Version
Greet Rufus, the one chosen by the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.2 John 1:1:1;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
Greet Rufus, a choice man in the Lord, also his mother and mine.

New Century Version
Greetings to Rufus, who is a special person in the Lord, and to his mother, who has been like a mother to me also.

Update Bible Version
Salute Rufus the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

Webster's Bible Translation
Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

English Standard Version
Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.

World English Bible
Greet Rufus, the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Salute Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

Weymouth's New Testament
Greetings to Rufus, who is one of the Lord's chosen people; and to his mother, who has also been a mother to me.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Grete wel Rufus, chosun in the Lord, and his modir, and myn.

English Revised Version
Salute Rufus the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

Berean Standard Bible
Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.

Contemporary English Version
Greet Rufus, that special servant of the Lord, and greet his mother, who has been like a mother to me.

American Standard Version
Salute Rufus the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

Bible in Basic English
Give my love to Rufus, one of the Lord's selection, and to his mother and mine.

Complete Jewish Bible
Greet Rufus, chosen by the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me too.

Darby Translation
Salute Rufus, chosen in [the] Lord; and his mother and mine.

Etheridge Translation
Ask for the peace of Rufus, the chosen in our Lord, and of his mother and mine.

Murdock Translation
Salute Rufus, chosen in our Lord; and his and my mother.

King James Version (1611)
Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

New Living Translation
Greet Rufus, whom the Lord picked out to be his very own; and also his dear mother, who has been a mother to me.

New Life Bible
Greet Rufus and his mother. She was like a mother to me. Rufus is a good Christian.

New Revised Standard
Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; and greet his mother—a mother to me also.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Salute Rufus chosen in the Lorde, and his mother and mine.

George Lamsa Translation
Salute Rufus chosen in our LORD, and his mother, who is also a mother to me.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Salute Rufus, the chosen in the Lord; also his and my mother.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Salute Rufus, elect in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Salute Rufus chosen in the Lorde, and his mother and myne.

Good News Translation
I send greetings to Rufus, that outstanding worker in the Lord's service, and to his mother, who has always treated me like a son.

Christian Standard Bible®
Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother—and mine.

King James Version
Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

Lexham English Bible
Greet Rufus, the chosen one in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

Literal Translation
Greet Rufus, the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

Young's Literal Translation
Salute Rufus, the choice one in the Lord, and his mother and mine,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Salute Ruffus ye chosen in ye LORDE: & his mother & myne.

Mace New Testament (1729)
salute Rufus chosen by the Lord, and his mother and mine.

THE MESSAGE
Hello to Rufus—a good choice by the Master!—and his mother. She has also been a dear mother to me.

New English Translation
Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother who was also a mother to me.

New King James Version
Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Say hello to Rufus. Jesus picked him personally, as well as his momma, who has been like a second mom to me.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Greet Rufus, a choice man in the Lord, also his mother and mine.

Legacy Standard Bible
Greet Rufus, a choice man in the Lord, also his mother and mine.

Contextual Overview

¹Now I introduce and commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deaconess (servant) of the church at Cenchrea, ²that you may receive her in the Lord [with love and hospitality], as God's people ought to receive one another. And that you may help her in whatever matter she may require assistance from you, for she has been a helper of many, including myself. ³Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, ⁴who risked their own necks [endangering their very lives] for my life. To them not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. ⁵Also greet the church that meets in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who is the first convert to Christ from [the west coast province of] Asia [Minor]. ⁶Greet Mary, who has worked so hard for you. ⁷Greet Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and [once] my fellow prisoners, who are held in high esteem in the estimation of the apostles, and who were [believers] in Christ before me. ⁸Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord. ⁹Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys. ¹⁰Greet Apelles, the one tested and approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Rufus: Mark 15:21

chosen: Matthew 20:16, John 15:16, Ephesians 1:4, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, 2 John 1:1

his: Matthew 12:49, Matthew 12:50, Mark 3:35, John 19:27, 1 Timothy 5:2

Reciprocal: Judges 5:7 - a mother

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not borne him any children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 16:5
Then Sarai said to Abram, "May [the responsibility for] the wrong done to me [by the arrogant behavior of Hagar] be upon you. I gave my maid into your arms, and when she realized that she had conceived, I was despised and looked on with disrespect. May the LORD judge [who has done right] between you and me."

Genesis 16:7
But the Angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, on the road to [Egypt by way of] Shur.

Genesis 16:9
The Angel of the LORD said to her, "Go back to your mistress, and submit humbly to her authority."

Genesis 16:10
Then the Angel of the LORD said to her, "I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count."

Genesis 16:12
"He (Ishmael) will be a wild donkey of a man; His hand will be against every man [continually fighting] And every man's hand against him; And he will dwell in defiance of all his brothers."

Genesis 22:14
So Abraham named that place The LORD Will Provide. And it is said to this day, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be seen and provided."

Genesis 28:17
So he was afraid and said, "How fearful and awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gateway to heaven."

Genesis 31:42
"If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and [the Feared One] of Isaac, had not been with me, most certainly you would have sent me away now empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and humiliation and the [exhausting] labor of my hands, so He rendered judgment and rebuked you last night."

Judges 6:24
Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD and named it The LORD is Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah, of the Abiezrites.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 Jerusalem; the name was in use among the Cyrenians, for one of the sons of Simon of Cyrene, whom the Jews compelled to carry the cross of Christ, was so called, Mark 15:21; and some have thought that the same person is here meant, nor is it unlikely; he is said to be one of the seventy disciples, and to be bishop of Thebes;

Mark 15:21- :. The apostle knew him, and that as one "chosen in the Lord"; meaning either that he was a choice believer in Christ, an excellent Christian, one of the highest form; for though all true believers have like precious faith, yet some are strong, and others weak, in the exercise of it; this man was eminent for his faith in Christ: or he might be one that was chosen to some office in the church, as to that of a deacon, or pastor; though had this been the case, it is much the particular office was not mentioned: rather therefore this is to be understood of his being chosen in Christ to grace and glory and that from all eternity; for the phrase is only used in one place more, Ephesians 1:4; and there most manifestly designs the election of persons in Christ, before the foundation of the world; which election is made not "for" Christ, or the sake of his merits, his blood, righteousness and sacrifice, which have no causal influence on this act, and which purely arises from the love and grace of God; nor merely "by" him as God equal with the Father, though this is true; but "in" him, as the head and representative of the chosen ones: this instance, as others, shows that election is not of nations, nor churches, but of particular persons; and so expresses the distinguishing, free, and sovereign grace of God in it, that one and not another should be chosen; though these are on an equal foot, and so not owing to foreseen faith, holiness, and good works. The apostle knew this man to be a chosen vessel, not by immediate revelation, or divine inspiration, but by his faith in Christ, and love to him, and by the power of the Gospel on him; and so may anyone know himself, or another man hereby to be chosen, and ought in a judgment of charity so to think of him, as long as his life is agreeably to his profession; see 1 Thessalonians 1:4. The apostle not only salutes this man, but his mother also, who doubtless was a believer in Christ, and highly respected by him:

and his mother and mine; the mother of Rufus in nature, and his mother in affection; and who very probably had endeared herself to the apostle by some kind offices, which she, as a Christian, had performed towards him; for the apostle cannot mean his own natural mother, besides Rufus's, whom he salutes, and whom Anselm on the place suggests might be at Rome; since it can hardly be thought he would have passed the mention of her in so transient a manner.

u T. Hieros. Taanioth, fol. 69. 2. T. Bab. Nedar. fol. 50. 2. Avoda Zara, fol. 20. 1. & Sanhedrin, fol. 65. 2. Juchasin, fol. 36. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 delicacy and tenderness of Paul; of his love for this disciple and his mother, as if he were of the same family. Religion binds the hearts of all who embrace it tenderly together. It makes them feel that they are one great family, united by tender ties, and joined by special attachments. See what the Lord Jesus declared in Matthew 12:47-50, and his tender address to John when he was on the cross; John 19:26-27.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 16:13. 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 signifies. Psalms 78:31: They smote τους εκλεκτους, the chosen men that were of Israel. So εκλεκτα μνημεια are choice sepulchres, Genesis 23:6: εκλεκτα των δωρων choice gifts, Deuteronomy 12:11; and ανδρες εκλεκτοι, choice men, Judges 20:16. By the same use of the word, the companions of Paul and Barnabas are termed chosen men, εκλεξαμενους ανδρας, persons in whom the Church of God could confide. See Whitby.

His mother and mine. — It is not likely that the mother of Rufus was the mother of Paul; but while she was the natural mother of the former, she acted as a mother to the latter. We say of a person of this character, that she is a motherly woman. Among the ancients, he or she who acted a kind, instructing, and indulgent part to another, was styled the father or mother of such a one. So Terence:-

Natura tu illi pater es, consiliis ego.

Adelphi, Act. i. scen. 2, ver. 47.

Thou art his father by nature, I by instruction.