the: Rom 16:16; 2Co 13:13; Heb 13:24; 1Pe 5:13; 3Jo 1:14
they: Phi 1:13
Caesar's: The cruel, worthless, and diabolical Nero was at this time emperor of Rome; but it is not improbable that the empress Poppaea was favourably inclined to Christianity, as Josephus relates that Θεοσεβης [Strong's G2318], γαρ [Strong's G1063], ην [Strong's G2258], "she was a worshipper of the true God." Jerome states (in Philemon) that St. Paul had converted many in Caesar's family; for "being by the emperor cast into prison, he became more known to his family, and turned the house of Christ's persecutor into a church."