The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible Philemon 1:22
But withal prepare me also a lodging…
Not that the
apostle expected or desired any grand apartment to be fitted up for
him; a room with such furniture as the Shunamite provided for the
man of God was sufficient for him, and what he would have been
entirely contented with; but his view in this was, to let Philemon
know that he hoped to be released from his bonds, and that he might
expect to see him; and this he hinted to him, in order to stir him
up to receive his servant sooner, and the more readily; who
otherwise might have been indifferent to it, and negligent of it,
thinking he should never see the apostle's face any more.
For I trust, that through your prayers I shall be given you;
to
minister in the Gospel again among them: the apostle was a man of
prayer himself, and he had a very great regard to the prayers of
others, and often desired an interest in them; that he might perform
his ministerial work as it should be; that he might have success in
it; and that he might be delivered from the unbelieving Jews, and
from wicked and unreasonable men; and he had some secret hope and
trust in his own mind, that through the prayers of the saints he
should be delivered from his bonds, and go up and down preaching the
Gospel as heretofore: he doubtless was acquainted with the case of
Peter, for whom prayer was made incessantly by the church, when in
prison, and he had deliverance; however, he knew that the prayers of
the saints availed much with God; but whether this hope and
expectation of his were answered, is a matter of doubt and question:
some think he was released, and went into several parts, and
preached the Gospel, and then was taken up again, and committed to
prison, and suffered under Nero, some years after; and others think
not.
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