14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren which are with them.



Ver. 14. Salute Asyncritus, &c.] Nothing is said of these; for haste perhaps, or else because they were (as one saith of Jesse, the father of David) Viri, probi et honesti, minus tamen clari, Good honest men, but not much noted. Or, lastly, for that the apostle had no very good opinion of them, as he seems not to have had of Demas, Col_4:14, 2Ti_4:10, who yet would needs be one in the apostle’s register there; a place he will have, though it be the last place. Hermas here mentioned was reputed by some of the ancients to be the author of that Apocryphal Book called "Pastor;" wherein he dealt not so fairly and faithfully in relating what he had received from the apostles, being sublatae fidei auctor. source of the elevated faith.