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World English Bible

Colossians 4:14

Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Demas;   Luke;   Physician;   Thompson Chain Reference - Demas;   Disease;   Health-Disease;   Luke;   Physicians;   Prevention and Cure of Diseases;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Demas;   Laodicea;   Luke;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Colossians, letter to the;   Gospels;   Luke;   Luke, gospel of;   Philemon;   Timothy, letters to;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Heal, Health;   Luke-Acts, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Acts of the Apostles;   Demas;   Lucas;   Luke;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Acts of the Apostles;   Demas;   Laodicea;   Luke;   Philippians, the Epistle to the;   Timothy, the Second Epistle to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Colossians;   Demas;   Disciples;   Diseases;   Greeting;   Laodicea;   Luke;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acts of the Apostles;   Antioch;   Colossians, Epistle to the;   Demas;   Luke (Evangelist);   Medicine;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Beloved ;   Colossians, Epistle to the;   Demas ;   Demetrius;   Family;   Luke;   Luke (2);   Physician;   Physician (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Demas ;   Luke, Lucas;   Physician;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Luke;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Demas;   Luke;   Smith Bible Dictionary - De'mas;   Luke;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Timotheus;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Acts of the Apostles;   Colossians, Epistle to the;   Demas;   Jesus Justus;   Luke, the Evangelist;   Luke, the Gospel of;   Philippians, the Epistle to;   Physician;   Praetorian Guard;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Acts of the apostles;  

Parallel Translations

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and also Demas.
Legacy Standard Bible
Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and also Demas.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Doctor Luke and Demas give their love and prayers as well.
Bible in Basic English
Luke, our well-loved medical friend, and Demas, send you their love.
Darby Translation
Luke, the beloved physician, salutes you, and Demas.
Christian Standard Bible®
Luke, the dearly loved physician, and Demas greet you.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Luke the beloved physician and Demas salute you.
Weymouth's New Testament
Luke, the dearly-loved physician, salutes you, and so does Demas.
King James Version (1611)
Luke the beloued physician, and Demas greet you.
Literal Translation
Luke the beloved physician greets you, also Demas.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Deare Lucas the Phisician saluteth you, and so doth Demas.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and Hierapolis. our dear brother Luke the Physician, and Demas salute you.
THE MESSAGE
Luke, good friend and physician, and Demas both send greetings.
Amplified Bible
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you.
American Standard Version
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas salute you.
Revised Standard Version
Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Deare Lucas the Phisicion greteth you and Demas.
Update Bible Version
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas salute you.
Webster's Bible Translation
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
Young's Literal Translation
Salute you doth Lukas, the beloved physician, and Demas;
New Century Version
Demas and our dear friend Luke, the doctor, greet you.
New English Translation
Our dear friend Luke the physician and Demas greet you.
Berean Standard Bible
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.
Contemporary English Version
Our dear doctor Luke sends you his greetings, and so does Demas.
Complete Jewish Bible
Our dear friend Luke, the doctor, and Demas send you greetings.
English Standard Version
Luke the beloved physician greets you, as does Demas.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Luke the beloued physician greeteth you, and Demas.
George Lamsa Translation
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
Hebrew Names Version
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you.
International Standard Version
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you.2 Timothy 4:10-11;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Lukos our beloved physician, and Dima, ask for your peace.
Murdock Translation
Luke the physician, our beloved, saluteth you; also Demas.
New King James Version
Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you.
New Living Translation
Luke, the beloved doctor, sends his greetings, and so does Demas.
New Life Bible
Luke, the dear doctor, and Demas say hello.
English Revised Version
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas salute you.
New Revised Standard
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, salute you.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Luke, the most dear physician, saluteth you: and Demas.
King James Version
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
Lexham English Bible
Luke the physician, our dear friend, greets you, as does Demas.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Deare Lucas the phisition greeteth you, and Demas.
Easy-to-Read Version
Greetings also from Demas and our dear friend Luke, the doctor.
New American Standard Bible
Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and Demas does also.
Good News Translation
Luke, our dear doctor, and Demas send you their greetings.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Luk, the leche most dere, and Demas, greten you wel.

Contextual Overview

7 All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother, faithful servant, and fellow bondservant in the Lord. 8 I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts, 9 together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you all things that are going on here. 10 Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you received commandments, "if he comes to you, receive him"), 11 and Jesus who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These are my only fellow workers to the kingdom of God, men who have been a comfort to me. 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. 13 For I testify about him, that he has great zeal for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those in Hierapolis. 14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you. 15 Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the assembly that is in his house. 16 When this letter has been read among you, cause it to be read also in the assembly of the Laodiceans; and that you also read the letter from Laodicea.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Luke: 2 Timothy 4:11, Philemon 1:24

Demas: 2 Timothy 4:10, Philemon 1:24

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 16:12 - physicians

Cross-References

Genesis 4:5
but he didn't respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.
Genesis 4:6
Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?
Genesis 4:11
Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Genesis 4:12
From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth."
Genesis 4:13
Cain said to Yahweh, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Genesis 4:14
Behold, you have driven me out this day from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. It will happen that whoever finds me will kill me."
Genesis 4:15
Yahweh said to him, "Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should strike him.
Genesis 4:16
Cain went out from Yahweh's presence, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Genesis 4:20
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle.
Genesis 4:24
If Cain will be avenged seven times, Truly Lamech seventy-seven times.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Luke, the beloved physician,.... Luke the Evangelist, though some doubt it, is here intended, who was a constant companion of the apostle in his troubles, and went with him to Rome, as the Acts of the Apostles wrote by him show, and as from 2 Timothy 4:11 it appears; so Jerom n calls the Evangelist Luke, the physician of Antioch, for from thence he was; and being converted by the Apostle Paul, as is very probable, though some make him to be one of the seventy disciples, he became of a physician of bodies, a physician of souls: some say o he was a scholar of Galen, the famous physician, and others that he was his sister's son; who having heard of Christ's miracles, set out with his master Galen for Judea, to know the truth of them, of which they doubted; Galen died by the way, Luke came to Christ, and being taught by him, became one of the seventy disciples. The apostle calls him "beloved", not on account of his profession, in which he might be useful to many, but as he was a brother in Christ, a minister of the Gospel, and a fellow labourer of his. This is the same person as Lucas, mentioned along with Demas, and others, as here, in Philemon 1:24. The name perhaps is Roman, but was, however, well known among the Jews; for they say p, the

"witnesses that sign a divorce, and their names are as the names of strangers, what is to be done with it? there is none comes into our hands (is received) but לוקוס "Lukus" and "Lus", and we allow it to be right:''

upon which the gloss says, because these were famous names:

and Demas greet you; the same who, through the love of the present world, forsook the apostle, 2 Timothy 4:10 which he did either after the writing of this epistle, or if before it, he was now returned again to him: his name seems to be the same with the Roman Dama, unless it should be a contraction of Demetrius, or rather of Demarchos; though the Jews make frequent mention of R. דימי, "Dimi", or "Demi", in their writings q, which perhaps is the same name with this.

n Catalog. Script. Eccles. p. 91. Vid. Nicephor. Hist. l. 2. c. 43. o Vid. Castell. Lex. Polyglott. col. 1894. p T. Bab. Gittin, fol. 11. 2. q T. Bab. Gittin, fol. 19. 2. Nazir, fol. 36. 1. Sota, fol. 43. 2. Bava Kama, fol. 43.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke, the beloved physician - This was undoubtedly the author of the Gospel which bears his name, and of the Acts of the Apostles. He is mentioned as the traveling companion of Paul in Acts 17:10, and appears to have accompanied him afterward until his imprisonment at Rome see 2 Timothy 4:11. From Colossians 4:11, it is evident that he was not by birth a Jew, but was probably a proselyte. He is supposed to have been a native of Cyrene, and to have died in Achaia, soon after the martyrdom of Paul, at the advanced age of 84. See Rob. Cal. Art. Luke. He is here mentioned as a physician, and in his Gospel, and in the Acts , there are incidental evidences that he was acquainted with the science of medicine, and that he observed the events which he has recorded with the eye of one who practiced the healing art. It is easy to imagine that the presence of a physician might have been of important service to the apostle Paul in his travels; and that his acquaintance with the art of healing may have aided not a little in the furtherance of the gospel. The miraculous power of healing, possessed by the Saviour and his apostles, contributed much to the success of their preaching; for the power of alleviating pain of body - of restoring to health by miracles, would not only be an evidence of the divine origin of their mission - a credential that they were sent from God, but would dispose those who had received such important benefits to listen attentively to the message of salvation. One of the best qualifications in missionaries in modern times, in order to gain access to the pagan, is an acquaintance with the healing art.

And Demas - Demas is mentioned in two other places, Philemon 1:24, and 2 Timothy 4:10. He is here spoken of with commendation as one in whom the apostle had confidence. Afterwards, when troubles thickened, he was not found proof to the trials which threatened him in Rome, and forsook the apostle and went to Thessalonica. He did this under the influence of the “love of this present world,” or of life, evidently unwilling to lay down his life in the cause for which Paul suffered; see the notes at 2 Timothy 4:10. His departure, and that of the others on whom Paul relied in Rome, was one of the severest trials which he was called there to endure; see the notes at 2 Timothy 4:16.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 14. Luke, the beloved physician — This is generally supposed to be the same with Luke the evangelist. See the preface to the notes on this gospel. Some, however, suppose them to be different persons; because, where it is evident that Luke the evangelist is meant, he never has more than his simple name Luke; and because the apostle is supposed to intend a different person here, he adds, ο ιατρος ο αγαπητος, the beloved physician. The word ιατρος signifies a healer, and must not be restricted to physician, in the sense in which we use that word; he was surgeon, physician, and dispenser of medicines, &c., for all these were frequently combined in the same person.


 
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