KJV: Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.
YLT: Salute you do Timotheus, my fellow-workman, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kindred;
Darby: Timotheus, my fellow-workman, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.
ASV: Timothy my fellow-worker saluteth you; and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.
Ἀσπάζεται | Greets |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Middle or Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀπασπάζομαι Sense: to draw to one’s self. |
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Τιμόθεος | Timothy |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: Τιμόθεος Sense: a resident of Lystra, apparently, whose father was a Greek and mother a Jewess; he was Paul’s travelling companion and fellow labourer. |
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συνεργός | fellow worker |
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: συνεργός Sense: a companion in work, fellow worker. |
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μου | of me |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 1st Person Singular Root: ἐγώ Sense: I, me, my. |
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καὶ | also |
Parse: Conjunction Root: καί Sense: and, also, even, indeed, but. |
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Λούκιος | Lucius |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: Λούκιος Sense: a man from Cyrene who was a prophet and a teacher of the church in Antioch (Acts 3:), perhaps the same one as mentioned in Ro. |
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Ἰάσων | Jason |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: Ἰάσων Sense: a Thessalonians who entertained Paul and Silas, and maybe a cousin of Paul (Ro. |
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Σωσίπατρος | Sosipater |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: Σωσίπατρος Sense: a kinsman or fellow tribesman of Paul. |
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συγγενεῖς | kinsmen |
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: συγγενής Sense: of the same kin, akin to, related by blood. |
Greek Commentary for Romans 16:21
Romans 16:21-23 form a sort of postscript with greetings from Paul‘s companions in Corinth. Timothy was with Paul in Macedonia ( 2 Corinthians 1:1 ) before he came to Corinth. Lucius may be the one mentioned in Acts 13:1 . Jason was once Paul‘s host ( Acts 17:5-9 ) in Thessalonica, Sosipater may be the longer form of Sopater of Acts 20:4 . They are all Paul‘s fellow-countrymen ( συγγενεις suggeneis ). [source]
For Lucius, see on Acts 13:1. Jason, possibly the Jason of Acts 17:5. Sosipater, possibly the Sopater of Acts 20:4. Both names were common. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Romans 16:21
The best texts add, the son of Pyrrhus. Compare Romans 16:21. [source]
Attempts have been made to identify him with Luke the evangelist; but the name Lucas is an abbreviation of Lucanus, and not of Lucius. It is worth noting, however, that, according to Herodotus (iii., 131), the physicians of Cyrene had the reputation of being the second best in Greece, those of Crotona being the best; and that Galen the physician says that Lucius was before him a distinguished physician in Tarsus of Cilicia. From this it has been conjectured that Luke was born and instructed in medicine in Cyrene, and left that place for Tarsus, where he made Paul's acquaintance, and was, perhaps, converted by him (Dr. Howard Crosby, “The New Testament, Old and New Version”). But, apart from the form of the name (see above), the mention of the evangelist's name here is not in accord with his usual practice, since he nowhere mentions his own name, either in the Gospel or in the Acts; and if the present passage were an exception, we should have expected to find his name last in the list of the worthies of Antioch. Of the five here named, four are known to be Jews; and therefore, probably, Lucius was also a Jew from Cyrene, where Jews are known to have abounded. Luke the evangelist, on the contrary, was a Gentile. Nothing certain can be inferred from Romans 16:21, where Lucius is enumerated by Paul among his kinsmen. If συγγενεῖς , kinsmen, means here, as is claimed by some, countrymen, it would prove Lucius to be a Jew; but the word is commonly used of relatives in the New Testament. In Romans 9:3, Paul applies the term to his fellow-countrymen, “my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh, who are Israelites. ” [source]
Romans 16:21-23 form a sort of postscript with greetings from Paul‘s companions in Corinth. Timothy was with Paul in Macedonia ( 2 Corinthians 1:1 ) before he came to Corinth. Lucius may be the one mentioned in Acts 13:1 . Jason was once Paul‘s host ( Acts 17:5-9 ) in Thessalonica, Sosipater may be the longer form of Sopater of Acts 20:4 . They are all Paul‘s fellow-countrymen ( συγγενεις suggeneis ). [source]