Robertson Word Pictures - Colossians 4:16 - 4:16

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Robertson Word Pictures - Colossians 4:16 - 4:16


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When this epistle hath been read among you (hotan anagnōsthēi par' humin hē epistolē). Indefinite temporal clause with hotan (hote an) and the first aorist passive subjunctive of anaginōskō. The epistle was read in public to the church (Rev 1:3).

Cause that (poiēsate hina). Same idiom in Joh 11:37; Rev 13:15. Old Greek preferred hopōs for this idiom. See note on 1Th 5:27 for injunction for public reading of the Epistle.

That ye also read (kai humeis anagnōte). Second aorist active subjunctive of anaginōskō, to read.

And the epistle from Laodicea (kai tēn ek Laodikias). The most likely meaning is that the so-called Epistle to the Ephesians was a circular letter to various churches in the province of Asia, one copy going to Laodicea and to be passed on to Colossae as the Colossian letter was to be sent on to Laodicea. This was done usually by copying and keeping the original. See note on Eph 1:1 for further discussion of this matter.