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Philemon 1:24

Also Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke send their greetings. They are workers together with me.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- 1910 New Catholic Dictionary - mark, saint evangelist;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Onesimus;   Philemon;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Aristarchus;   Luke;  

Encyclopedias:

- Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Aristarchus;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for April 5;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my coworkers.
King James Version (1611)
Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellow labourers.
King James Version
Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
English Standard Version
and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
New American Standard Bible
as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
New Century Version
And also Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, workers together with me, send greetings.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow workers.
Legacy Standard Bible
as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow workers.
Berean Standard Bible
as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
Contemporary English Version
and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, who work together with me.
Complete Jewish Bible
as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow-workers.
Darby Translation
Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workmen.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my felowe helpers.
George Lamsa Translation
So do Mark, Ar-is-tar''chus, De''mas, and Luke, my fellow-workers.
Good News Translation
and so do my co-workers Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke.
Lexham English Bible
and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
Literal Translation
also my fellow-workers Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke.
Amplified Bible
and from Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
American Standard Version
and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workers.
Bible in Basic English
And so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my brother-workers.
Hebrew Names Version
as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
International Standard Version
as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.Acts 12:12,25; 19:29; 27:2; Colossians 4:10,14, 25; 2 Timothy 4:11;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
and Markos, and Aristarkos, and Dema, and Luka, my helpers, ask for your peace.
Murdock Translation
and Mark, and Aristarchus, and Demas, and Luke, my coadjutors.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Marcus, Aristarcus, Demas, Lucas, my felowe labourers.
English Revised Version
and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workers.
World English Bible
as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-labourers.
Weymouth's New Testament
and from Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
greetith thee wel, and Mark, Aristark, Demas, Lucas, myn helperis.
Update Bible Version
[and so do] Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my co-workers.
Webster's Bible Translation
Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellow-laborers.
New English Translation
Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my colaborers, greet you too.
New King James Version
as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow laborers.
New Living Translation
So do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my co-workers.
New Life Bible
Mark and Aristarchus and Demas and Luke who are workers with me say hello.
New Revised Standard
and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, - my fellow-workers.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow labourers.
Revised Standard Version
and so do Mark, Aristar'chus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Marcus Aristarchus Demas Lucas my helpers.
Young's Literal Translation
Markus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lukas, my fellow-workmen!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my helpers.
Mace New Testament (1729)
Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-labourers, salute you.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke all send their regards as well.

Contextual Overview

8 There is something that you should do. And because of the authority I have in Christ, I feel free to command you to do it. 9 But I am not commanding you; I am asking you to do it out of love. I, Paul, am an old man now, and I am a prisoner for Christ Jesus. 10 I am asking you for my son Onesimus. He became my son while I was in prison. 11 In the past he was useless to you. But now he has become useful for both you and me. 12 I am sending him back to you, but it's as hard as losing part of myself. 13 I would like to keep him here to help me while I am still in prison for telling the Good News. By helping me here, he would be representing you. 14 But I did not want to do anything without asking you first. Then whatever you do for me will be what you want to do, not what I forced you to do. 15 Onesimus was separated from you for a short time. Maybe that happened so that you could have him back forever, 16 not to be just a slave, but better than a slave, to be a dear brother. That's what he is to me. And I know he will mean even more to you, both as your slave and as one who shares your faith in the Lord. 17 If you accept me as your friend, then accept Onesimus back. Welcome him like you would welcome me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Marcus: Acts 12:12, Acts 12:25, Acts 13:13, Acts 15:37-39, Colossians 4:10, 2 Timothy 4:11

Aristarchus: Acts 19:29, Acts 27:2

Demas: Colossians 4:14, 2 Timothy 4:10

Lucas: 2 Timothy 4:11

my fellowlabourers: Philemon 1:1, Philemon 1:2, 2 Corinthians 8:23, Philippians 2:25, Philippians 4:3, 3 John 1:8

Reciprocal: Acts 20:4 - Aristarchus 1 Corinthians 16:20 - the brethren 2 Corinthians 13:13 - General Philippians 4:21 - The Colossians 4:11 - fellowworkers

Cross-References

Genesis 1:9
Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered together so that the dry land will appear." And it happened.
Genesis 1:10
God named the dry land "earth," and he named the water that was gathered together "seas." And God saw that this was good.
Genesis 6:20
Two of every kind of bird, animal, and creeping thing will come to you so that you might keep them alive.
Genesis 7:14
They and every kind of animal on the earth were in the boat. Every kind of cattle, every kind of animal that crawls on the earth, and every kind of bird were in the boat.
Genesis 8:19
All the animals, everything that crawls, and every bird left the boat. All the animals came out of the boat in family groups.
Job 39:1
"Do you know when the mountain goats are born? Do you watch when the mother deer gives birth?
Job 39:5
"Who let the wild donkeys go free? Who untied their ropes and let them loose?
Job 39:9
"Will a wild bull agree to serve you? Will he stay in your barn at night?
Job 39:19
"Did you give the horse its strength? Did you put the mane on its neck?
Job 40:15
"Look at the behemoth. I made the behemoth, and I made you. He eats grass like a cow.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas,.... Marcus was Barnabas's sister's son, the son of that Mary, in whose house the church met, and prayed for Peter when in prison; whose name was John Mark, whom Saul and Barnabas took along with them to Antioch, and from thence, in their travels, to other parts; but he leaving them at Pamphylia, was the occasion of a contention between Saul and Barnabas afterwards, when returned to Antioch; the latter insisting on his going with them again, and the former refusing it on account of his departure from them; which contention rose so high that they parted upon it, Acts 12:12 though after this the apostle was reconciled to him; he approving himself to be a faithful and useful minister of the Gospel; and therefore he desires Timothy to bring him along with him, 2 Timothy 4:11 and if this epistle was written after that, he was now come to him; however, he was now with him, whether before or after: Aristarchus was a Macedonian of Thessalonica; or very likely the apostle had been the instrument of converting him there, and who followed him from thence, and attended him wherever he went; he was with him in the uproar raised by Demetrius at Ephesus, and accompanied him into Asia; went with him in his voyage to Rome, and was now a fellow prisoner there,

Acts 19:29. Demas is the same with him who is mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:10 and if this epistle is later than that, it should seem that he was restored from his fall, and was returned to the apostle. Lucas is the same with Luke the Evangelist, the beloved physician, the brother whose praise was in all the churches, and a constant companion of the apostle, in his travels; and who wrote the book called, "The Acts of the Apostles": these the apostle styles, "my fellow labourers", being all ministers of the Gospel; and this shows the apostle's great humility, so to call them, when they were far from being on an equal foot with him in office, gifts, or usefulness: and the Christian salutations of these persons are sent to Philemon, with this view, to engage him the more to attend to the apostle's request, in which they all joined.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, and Lucas - see the notes at the Epistle to the Colossians, Colossians 4:10, Colossians 4:14.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Philemon 1:24. Marcus, Aristarchus, c.] These were all acquaintances of Philemon, and probably Colossians and may be all considered as joining here with St. Paul in his request for Onesimus. Some think that Marcus was either the evangelist, or John Mark, the nephew of Barnabas, Acts 12:12; Acts 12:25. Aristarchus was probably the same with him mentioned Acts 19:29; Acts 20:4; Acts 27:2. See Colossians 4:10.

Demas — Is supposed to be the same who continued in his attachment to Paul till his last imprisonment at Rome; after which he left him for what is supposed to have been the love of the world, 2 Timothy 4:10; but see the note.

Lucas — Is supposed to be Luke the evangelist, and author of the Acts of the Apostles. On these suppositions little confidence can be placed: they may be correct; they may be otherwise.


 
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