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The Darby Translation
Colossians 4:14
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Luke, the dearly loved physician, and Demas send you greetings.
Luke the beloued physician, and Demas greet you.
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
Luke the beloved physician greets you, as does Demas.
Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and Demas does also.
Demas and our dear friend Luke, the doctor, greet you.
Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and also Demas.
Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and also Demas.
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.
Our dear doctor Luke sends you his greetings, and so does Demas.
Our dear friend Luke, the doctor, and Demas send you greetings.
Greetings also from Demas and our dear friend Luke, the doctor.
Luke the beloued physician greeteth you, and Demas.
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
Luke, our dear doctor, and Demas send you their greetings.
Luke the physician, our dear friend, greets you, as does Demas.
Luke the beloved physician greets you, also Demas.
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you.
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas salute you.
Luke, our well-loved medical friend, and Demas, send you their love.
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you.
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Lukos our beloved physician, and Dima, ask for your peace.
Luke the physician, our beloved, saluteth you; also Demas.
Deare Lucas the phisition greeteth you, and Demas.
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas salute you.
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you.
Luke the beloved physician and Demas salute you.
Luke, the dearly-loved physician, salutes you, and so does Demas.
Luk, the leche most dere, and Demas, greten you wel.
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas salute you.
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
Our dear friend Luke the physician and Demas greet you.
Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you.
Luke, the beloved doctor, sends his greetings, and so does Demas.
Luke, the dear doctor, and Demas say hello.
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you.
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, salute you.
Luke, the most dear physician, saluteth you: and Demas.
Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you.
Deare Lucas the Phisicion greteth you and Demas.
Salute you doth Lukas, the beloved physician, and Demas;
Deare Lucas the Phisician saluteth you, and so doth Demas.
and Hierapolis. our dear brother Luke the Physician, and Demas salute you.
Luke, good friend and physician, and Demas both send greetings.
Doctor Luke and Demas give their love and prayers as well.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Luke: 2 Timothy 4:11, Philemon 1:24
Demas: 2 Timothy 4:10, Philemon 1:24
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 16:12 - physicians
Cross-References
and upon Cain, and on his offering, he did not look. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
And Jehovah said to Cain, Why art thou angry, and why is thy countenance fallen?
And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield thee its strength; a wanderer and fugitive shalt thou be on the earth.
And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is too great to be borne.
Behold, thou hast driven me this day from the face of the ground, and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a wanderer and fugitive on the earth; and it will come to pass, [that] every one who finds me will slay me.
And Jehovah said to him, Therefore, whoever slayeth Cain, it shall be revenged sevenfold. And Jehovah set a mark on Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.
And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, toward the east of Eden.
And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of those who dwell in tents, and [breed] cattle.
If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold; Lemech seventy and seven fold.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Luke, the beloved physician,.... Luke the Evangelist, though some doubt it, is here intended, who was a constant companion of the apostle in his troubles, and went with him to Rome, as the Acts of the Apostles wrote by him show, and as from 2 Timothy 4:11 it appears; so Jerom n calls the Evangelist Luke, the physician of Antioch, for from thence he was; and being converted by the Apostle Paul, as is very probable, though some make him to be one of the seventy disciples, he became of a physician of bodies, a physician of souls: some say o he was a scholar of Galen, the famous physician, and others that he was his sister's son; who having heard of Christ's miracles, set out with his master Galen for Judea, to know the truth of them, of which they doubted; Galen died by the way, Luke came to Christ, and being taught by him, became one of the seventy disciples. The apostle calls him "beloved", not on account of his profession, in which he might be useful to many, but as he was a brother in Christ, a minister of the Gospel, and a fellow labourer of his. This is the same person as Lucas, mentioned along with Demas, and others, as here, in Philemon 1:24. The name perhaps is Roman, but was, however, well known among the Jews; for they say p, the
"witnesses that sign a divorce, and their names are as the names of strangers, what is to be done with it? there is none comes into our hands (is received) but לוקוס "Lukus" and "Lus", and we allow it to be right:''
upon which the gloss says, because these were famous names:
and Demas greet you; the same who, through the love of the present world, forsook the apostle, 2 Timothy 4:10 which he did either after the writing of this epistle, or if before it, he was now returned again to him: his name seems to be the same with the Roman Dama, unless it should be a contraction of Demetrius, or rather of Demarchos; though the Jews make frequent mention of R. דימי, "Dimi", or "Demi", in their writings q, which perhaps is the same name with this.
n Catalog. Script. Eccles. p. 91. Vid. Nicephor. Hist. l. 2. c. 43. o Vid. Castell. Lex. Polyglott. col. 1894. p T. Bab. Gittin, fol. 11. 2. q T. Bab. Gittin, fol. 19. 2. Nazir, fol. 36. 1. Sota, fol. 43. 2. Bava Kama, fol. 43.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Luke, the beloved physician - This was undoubtedly the author of the Gospel which bears his name, and of the Acts of the Apostles. He is mentioned as the traveling companion of Paul in Acts 17:10, and appears to have accompanied him afterward until his imprisonment at Rome see 2 Timothy 4:11. From Colossians 4:11, it is evident that he was not by birth a Jew, but was probably a proselyte. He is supposed to have been a native of Cyrene, and to have died in Achaia, soon after the martyrdom of Paul, at the advanced age of 84. See Rob. Cal. Art. Luke. He is here mentioned as a physician, and in his Gospel, and in the Acts , there are incidental evidences that he was acquainted with the science of medicine, and that he observed the events which he has recorded with the eye of one who practiced the healing art. It is easy to imagine that the presence of a physician might have been of important service to the apostle Paul in his travels; and that his acquaintance with the art of healing may have aided not a little in the furtherance of the gospel. The miraculous power of healing, possessed by the Saviour and his apostles, contributed much to the success of their preaching; for the power of alleviating pain of body - of restoring to health by miracles, would not only be an evidence of the divine origin of their mission - a credential that they were sent from God, but would dispose those who had received such important benefits to listen attentively to the message of salvation. One of the best qualifications in missionaries in modern times, in order to gain access to the pagan, is an acquaintance with the healing art.
And Demas - Demas is mentioned in two other places, Philemon 1:24, and 2 Timothy 4:10. He is here spoken of with commendation as one in whom the apostle had confidence. Afterwards, when troubles thickened, he was not found proof to the trials which threatened him in Rome, and forsook the apostle and went to Thessalonica. He did this under the influence of the “love of this present world,” or of life, evidently unwilling to lay down his life in the cause for which Paul suffered; see the notes at 2 Timothy 4:10. His departure, and that of the others on whom Paul relied in Rome, was one of the severest trials which he was called there to endure; see the notes at 2 Timothy 4:16.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 14. Luke, the beloved physician — This is generally supposed to be the same with Luke the evangelist. See the preface to the notes on this gospel. Some, however, suppose them to be different persons; because, where it is evident that Luke the evangelist is meant, he never has more than his simple name Luke; and because the apostle is supposed to intend a different person here, he adds, ο ιατρος ο αγαπητος, the beloved physician. The word ιατρος signifies a healer, and must not be restricted to physician, in the sense in which we use that word; he was surgeon, physician, and dispenser of medicines, &c., for all these were frequently combined in the same person.
