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テトスへの手紙 3:13

13 法学者ゼナスと、アポロとを、急いで旅につかせ、不自由のないようにしてあげなさい。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Apollos;   Lawyer;   Zenas;   Thompson Chain Reference - Apollos;   Lawyers;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Apollos;   Zenas;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Apollos;   Hospitality;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Apollos;   Zenas;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Apollos;   Scribes;   Zenas;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Apollos;   Lawyer;   Zenas;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apollos;   Titus, Epistle to;   Zenas;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Apollos;   Lawyer;   Luke (2);   Paul;   Timothy and Titus Epistles to;   Zenas;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Apollos ;   Lawyer;   Zenas ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Apollos;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Apol'los;   Ze'nas,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Apollos;   Bring;   Hebrews, Epistle to the;   Lawyer;   Zenas;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Apollos;   Bishop;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the lawyer: Matthew 22:35, Luke 7:30, Luke 10:25, Luke 11:45, Luke 11:52, Luke 14:3

Apollos: Acts 18:24

on: Acts 21:5, Acts 28:10, Romans 15:24, 1 Corinthians 16:11, 3 John 1:6-8

Reciprocal: Acts 15:3 - brought

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Bring Zenas the lawyer,.... Whether he was brought up to the civil law, either among the Greeks or Romans, is not certain; it may be he was a Jewish lawyer, or scribe, an interpreter of Moses's law among the Jews; for with them a lawyer and a scribe were one and the same, as appears from Matthew 22:35 compared with Mark 12:28 and the Syriac version here calls him "a scribe", and the Ethiopic version "a scribe of the city"; which looks as if it was a civil office he bore; but however, be he what he will, he seems to have been now a preacher of the Gospel, being joined with Apollos, who certainly was one: he is said to have been one of the seventy disciples of Christ, and afterwards bishop of Diospolis; Mark 12:28- :; his name is the contraction of Zenodorus: him the apostle would have Titus bring,

and Apollos, on their journey diligently; who was a Jew born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures; who had preached at Corinth, but was now at Crete; and whom the apostle, with Zenas, would have provided with everything necessary for their journey:

that nothing be wanting unto them; which might be proper for them in their travels, to make them comfortable, and their journey pleasant and easy.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bring Zenas the lawyer - - This person is not elsewhere mentioned in the New Testament, and nothing more is known of him. He belonged doubtless to that class of persons so often mentioned in the New Testament as lawyers; that is, who were regarded as qualified to expound the Jewish laws; see the notes at Matthew 22:35. It does not mean that he practiced law, in the modern sense of that phrase. He had doubtless been converted to the Christian faith, and it is not improbable that there were Jews at Nicopolis, and that Paul supposed he might be particularly useful among them.

And Apollos - Notes, Acts 18:24. He was also well-skilled in the laws of Moses, being “mighty in the Scriptures” Acts 18:24, and he and Zenas appear to have been traveling together. It would seem that they had been already on a journey, probably in preaching the gospel, and Paul supposed that they would be in Crete, and that Titus could aid them.

Diligently - 2 Timothy 4:9; Greek Speedily; i. e., facilitate their journey as much as possible.

That nothing be wanting unto them - Nothing necessary for their journey. Paul desired that they might meet with hospitable treatment from Christians in Crete, and might not be embarrassed for the want of that which was needful for their journey. It would seem most probable that they had been sent by Paul on a visit to the churches.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 13. Bring Zenas the lawyer — This person is only mentioned in this place; whether he was a Jewish, Roman, or Greek lawyer, we cannot tell.

And Apollos — Of this person we have some valuable particulars in Acts 18:24; 1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 3:5-6; 1 Corinthians 4:6. Either St. Paul had left these at Crete when he visited that island, or he had heard that, in their evangelical itinerancy, they were about to pass through it.

On their journey diligently — Afford them the means to defray their expenses. The Churches through which these evangelists passed, bore their expenses from one to the other. See 3 John 1:6.


 
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