Philemon 24

 Philemon 24

Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.

a. NASB 2020: As do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.  [NASB20 New American Standard Bible. Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation; All Rights Reserved]

b. YLT:  Markus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lukas, my fellow-workmen! [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. Classic Amplified: And [from] Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

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d. Peshitta Eastern Text: So do Mark, Ar-is-tar'chus, De'mas, and Luke, my fellow-workers.  [HOLY BIBLE FROM THE ANCIENT EASTERN TEXT. Copyright  Ⓒ 1933 by A.J. Holmon Co.; copyright  Ⓒ renewed 1968 by A.J. Holmon Co.; All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. HarperCollins Publishers, 195 Broadway, New York, NY 10007.]

e. ESV: And so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers. [Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001, 2007, 2011, 2016 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved."]

1. “Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.”

a. Marcus [Strong: 3138 Márkos, mar'-kos; of Latin origin; Marcus, a Christian:—Marcus, Mark.] [Thayers: ark; according to the tradition of the church the author of the second canonical Gospel and identical with the John Mark mentioned in the Acts (see Ἰωάννης, 5). He was the son of a certain Mary who dwelt at Jerusalem, was perhaps converted to Christianity by Peter (Acts 12:11f), and for this reason called (1 Peter 5:13) Peter's son. He was the cousin of Barnabas and the companion of Paul in some of his apostolic travels; and lastly was the associate of Peter also: Acts 12:12, 25; Acts 15:37, 39; Colossians 4:10; 2 Timothy 4:11; Philemon 1:24 (23); 1 Peter 5:13, cf. Eusebius, h. e. 2, 15f; 3, 39. Some, as Grotius, (Tillemont, Hist. Eccl. 2:89f, 503f; Patritius, De Evangeliis 50:1, c. 2, quaest. 1 (cf. Cotelerius, Patr. Apost. i., 262f)), Kienlen (in the Studien und Kritiken for 1843, p. 423), contend that there were two Marks, one the disciple and companion of Paul mentioned in the Acts and Pauline Epistles, the other the associate of Peter and mentioned in 1 Peter 5:13; (cf. James Morison, Commentary on Mark, Introduction, § 4; Lightfoot on Colossians 4:10).]

b. Aristarchus [Strong: 708 Arístarchos, ar-is'-tar-khos; from the same as G712 and G757; best ruling; Aristarchus, a Macedonian:—Aristarchus.] [Thayer: Aristarchus, a certain Christian of Thessalonica, a 'fellow-captive' with Paul, Acts 19:29; Acts 20:4; Acts 27:2; Colossians 4:10; Philemon 1:24.]

c. Demas [Strong: 1214 Dēmâs, day-mas'; probably for G1216; Demas, a Christian:—Demas.] [Thayer: Demas, (proper name, contracted apparently from Δημήτριος,  [on its declension, a companion of Paul, who deserted the apostle when he was a prisoner at Rome and returned to Thessalonica: Colossians 4:14; Philemon 1:24; 2 Timothy 4:10.]

d. Luke [Strong: 3065 Loukâs, loo-kas'; contracted from Latin Lucanus; Lucas, a Christian:—Lucas, Luke.] [Thayer: Luke, a Christian of Gentile origin, the companion of the apostle Paul in preaching the gospel and on many of his journeys (Acts 16:10-17; Acts 20:5-15; Acts 21:1-18; Acts 28:10-16); he was a physician, and according to the tradition of the church from Irenaeus (3, 14, 1f) down, which has been recently assailed with little success, the author of the third canonical Gospel and of the Acts of the Apostles: Colossians 4:14; 2 Timothy 4:11; Philemon 1:24.]

e. my [Strong: 3450 moû, moo; the simpler form of G1700; of me:—I, me, mine (own), my.]

f. [Strong: 3588. [hoi] ὁ ho ho, including the feminine he hay, and the neuter to to in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.] [Thayer: [hoi] ὁ, ἡ, τό, originally τος, τῇ, τό (as is evident from the forms τοι, ται for οἱ, αἱ in Homer and the Ionic writings), corresponds to our definite article the (German der, die, das), which is properly a demonstrative pronoun, which we see in its full force in Homer, and of which we find certain indubitable traces also in all kinds of Greek prose, and hence also in the N. T.] [Additional variants: tē, hoi, oi, tēn, ta, tēs, tois, tais, tō, tōn, tou, hé, Hē, hē, hai, tas.]

g. fellowlaborer [Strong: 4904 synergós, soon-er-gos'; from a presumed compound of G4862 and the base of G2041; a co-laborer, i.e. coadjutor:—companion in labour, (fellow-)helper(-labourer, -worker), labourer together with, workfellow.]

1). Unger’s bible Dictionary: Greek, useful, profitable. The servant or slave in whose behalf Paul wrote the epistle to Philemon. He was a native or inhabitant of Colossae, since Paul, in writing to the church there, speaks of him (Colossians 4:9) as “one of your number.” Fleeing from his master Philemon to Rome, he was there led to embrace the gospel through the instrumentality of the apostle (Philemon 10). After his conversion the most happy and friendly relationship sprang up between the teacher and the disciple; and so useful had he made himself to Paul that he desired to have Onesimus remain with him. This, however, he forbore in view of the relations of Onesimus and his master’s right to his services. Onesimus, accompanied by Tychicus, left Rome with not only this epistle but with that to the Colossians (Colossians 4:9), A.D. 60.