Titus 3:13

"When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me to Nicopolis, for I have determined to winter there."

Key Reflection

The verse from Titus 3:13 provides instructions for Timothy regarding the upcoming visit of either Artemas or Tychicus, emphasizing that Timothy should make haste to Nicopolis where Paul intends to spend the winter. Given the historical context, this instruction would have been significant because Nicopolis was a strategic city in Epirus, Greece, known as a Roman colony and stronghold. Its location made it an important center for missionary activities and communication networks among early Christians. Timothy's prompt arrival there would facilitate Paul’s plans and ensure efficient coordination of their work.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 13. Bring Zenas the lawyer. This person is not elsewhere mentioned in the New Testament, and nothing more is known of him. He belonged, doubtless, to that class of persons so often mentioned in the New Testament as lawyers; that is, who were regarded as qualified to expound the Jewish laws. See Barnes "Mt 22:35". It does not mean that he practised law, in the modern sense of that phrase, he had doubtless been converted to the Christian faith; and it is not improbable that there were Jews at Nicopolis, and that Paul supposed he might be particularly useful among them. And Apollos. See Barnes "Ac 18:24".

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