Matthew Poole Commentary - Romans 16:23 - 16:23

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Romans 16:23 - 16:23


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Gaius: we read of more than one that bore this name; there was Gaius of Macedonia, of whom you read, in Act_19:29; there was Gaius of Derbe, of whom you read, Act_20:4; he is most likely the person here meant. There was one of this name whom Paul baptized at Corinth, 1Co_1:14; and there was another Gaius, to whom St. John wrote his Third Epistle: whether any of those were the same, or whether they were all different persons, is uncertain.



Mine host, and of the whole church; i.e. he entertained the apostle, and all Christian strangers that passed that way. That Gaius to whom the apostle John wrote, is commended for the like hospitality, 3Jo_1:5,6.



Erastus the chamberlain of the city; or the receiver or steward of the city; one that had the management of the city’s stock or public treasure. The city was Corinth, from whence the apostle wrote this Epistle. There Erastus is said to abide, 2Ti_4:20, possibly to attend upon his office. Yet we find, Act_19:22, that he was one of them that ministered to the apostle, and was sent by him hither and thither, as he had occasion, which would not well consist with his being chamberlain or steward of so great a city; therefore some are of opinion, that he is so called, because that had been his office in time past. So Abigail is called the wife of Nabal, 2Sa_3:3, because she formerly stood in that relation to him.



Quartus; this is no word of number, but it was his name: we had Tertius in the foregoing verse; and we read of Secundus, Act_20:4. Histories also speak of the name of Quintus, and Sextus, &c.