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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:14 - 4:14
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Alexander the coppersmith - or “smith” in general. Perhaps the same as the Alexander (see on 1Ti 1:20) at Ephesus. Excommunicated then he subsequently was restored, and now vented his personal malice because of his excommunication in accusing Paul before the Roman judges, whether of incendiarism or of introducing a new religion. See my Introduction. He may have been the Alexander put forward by the Jews in the tumult at Ephesus (Act 19:33, Act 19:34).
reward - The oldest manuscripts read, “shall reward,” or “requite him.” Personal revenge certainly did not influence the apostle (2Ti 4:16, end).