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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Colossians 4:11 - 4:11
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Justus - that is, righteous; a common name among the Jews; Hebrew, “tzadik” (Act 1:23).
of the circumcision - This implies that Epaphras, Luke, and Demas (Col 4:12, Col 4:14) were not of the circumcision. This agrees with Luke’s Gentile name (the same as Lucanus), and the Gentile aspect of his Gospel.
These only, etc. - namely, of the Jews. For the Jewish teachers were generally opposed to the apostle of the Gentiles (Phi 1:15). Epaphras, etc., were also fellow laborers, but Gentiles.
unto - that is, in promoting the Gospel kingdom.
which have been - Greek, “which have been made,” or “have become,” that is, inasmuch as they have become a comfort to me. The Greek implies comfort in forensic dangers; a different Greek word expresses comfort in domestic affliction [Bengel].