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14. ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς, Col 4:10, note.
Λουκᾶς. Mentioned by name elsewhere in the N.T. only in Phm 1:24 and 2Ti 4:11. Identified since Irenaeus (Haer. III. 14. 1) with the Evangelist. The name is probably a shortened form of Lucanus, and is probably also connected with Lucius, although the Lucius of Rom 16:21 being a Jew was certainly a different person, as also was presumably Lucius of Cyrene, Act 13:1.
ὁ ἰατρὸς. On the use in the Third Gospel and the Acts of medical and semi-medical terms see Hobart, The Medical Language of Luke, 1882.
ὁ ἀγαπητὸς. Probably to be taken not with ὁ ἰατρός but with Λουκᾶς ὁ ἰατρός; cf. Phm 1:1; Rom 16:12. “Luke the physician, my very dear friend” (Lightfoot’s paraphrase).
καὶ Δημᾶς. Elsewhere only Phm 1:24; 2Ti 4:10. Thessalonica was perhaps his home, as it was certainly the home of Aristarchus, next to whom he is mentioned in Phm. The word is said to be a shortened form of Demetrius, a name which occurs twice in the list of politarchs of Thessalonica (see Lightfoot, Biblical Essays, p. 247). Though he ranked among St Paul’s συνεργοί (Phm.), the absence of any commendation here certainly fits in well with the blame in 2 Tim. five years after. Bengel’s suggestion that he is mentioned without praise because he was St Paul’s amanuensis in this epistle is worth notice.