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Titus 3:13

Zenas the lawyer and Apollos will be traveling from there. Do all that you can to help them prepare for their trip. Be sure that they have everything they need.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Apollos;   Lawyer;   Zenas;   Thompson Chain Reference - Apollos;   Lawyers;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Apollos;   Zenas;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Apollos;   Hospitality;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Apollos;   Zenas;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Apollos;   Scribes;   Zenas;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Apollos;   Lawyer;   Zenas;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apollos;   Titus, Epistle to;   Zenas;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Apollos;   Lawyer;   Luke (2);   Paul;   Timothy and Titus Epistles to;   Zenas;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Apollos ;   Lawyer;   Zenas ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Apollos;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Apol'los;   Ze'nas,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Apollos;   Bring;   Hebrews, Epistle to the;   Lawyer;   Zenas;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Apollos;   Bishop;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Diligently help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey, so that they will lack nothing.
King James Version (1611)
Bring Zenas the Lawyer, and Apollos, on their iourney diligently, that nothing be wanting vnto them.
King James Version
Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.
English Standard Version
Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing.
New American Standard Bible
Diligently help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way so that nothing is lacking for them.
New Century Version
Do all you can to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey so that they have everything they need.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Diligently help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way so that nothing is lacking for them.
Legacy Standard Bible
Diligently help send Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way so that nothing is lacking for them.
Berean Standard Bible
Do your best to equip Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, so that they will have everything they need.
Contemporary English Version
When Zenas the lawyer and Apollos get ready to leave, help them as much as you can, so they won't have need of anything.
Complete Jewish Bible
Do your best to help Zenas the Torah expert and Apollos with their arrangements for travelling, so that they will lack nothing.
Darby Translation
Zenas the lawyer and Apollos set forward diligently on their way, that nothing may be lacking to them;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Bring Zenas the expounder of the Lawe, and Apollos on their iourney diligently, that they lacke nothing.
George Lamsa Translation
See that Ze''nas, the scribe, and A-pol''los are given a good farewell on their journey, that they lack nothing.
Good News Translation
Do your best to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos to get started on their travels, and see to it that they have everything they need.
Lexham English Bible
Diligently send on their way Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, so that they may lack nothing.
Literal Translation
Diligently set forward Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, that nothing be lacking to them.
Amplified Bible
Do your best to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they are supplied and lack nothing.
American Standard Version
Set forward Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.
Bible in Basic English
Send Zenas, the man of law, and Apollos on their journey with all care, so that they may be in need of nothing.
Hebrew Names Version
Send Zenas, the lawyer, and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing may be lacking for them.
International Standard Version
Do all you can to send Zenas the expert in the law and Apollos on their way, and see that they have everything they need.Acts 18:24;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
But concerning Zina the sophra, and Apolo, be careful to provide them well, that nothing may be wanting to them.
Murdock Translation
As for Zenas the scribe, and Apollos, endeavor to help them well on their way, that they may want nothing.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Bryng Zenas the lawyer, & Apollos, on their iourney diligently, that nothing be lackyng vnto them.
English Revised Version
Set forward Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.
World English Bible
Send Zenas, the lawyer, and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing may be lacking for them.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Send forward with diligence Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, that they may want nothing.
Weymouth's New Testament
Help Zenas the lawyer forward on his journey with special care, and Apollos, so that they may have all they require.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Bisili byfor sende Zenam, a wise man of lawe, and Apollo, that no thing faile to hem.
Update Bible Version
Set forward Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing is wanting to them.
Webster's Bible Translation
Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing may be wanting to them.
New English Translation
Make every effort to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; make sure they have what they need.
New King James Version
Send Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey with haste, that they may lack nothing.
New Living Translation
Do everything you can to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos with their trip. See that they are given everything they need.
New Life Bible
Zenas, the man who knows the law, and Apollos are going on a trip. Do everything you can to help them.
New Revised Standard
Make every effort to send Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way, and see that they lack nothing.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Zenas the lawyer, and Apollos, do thou diligently set forward on their way, in order that, nothing, unto them, may be wanting.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Send forward Zenas the lawyer and Apollo, with care that nothing be wanting to them.
Revised Standard Version
Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apol'los on their way; see that they lack nothing.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Brynge zenas ye lawear and Apollos on their iorney diligently that nothynge be lackynge vnto them.
Young's Literal Translation
Zenas the lawyer and Apollos bring diligently on their way, that nothing to them may be lacking,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Brynge Zenas ye Scrybe and Apollos on their iourney diligently, that nothinge be lackynge vnto them.
Mace New Testament (1729)
dispatch Zenas the lawyer, and Apollos, and take care that nothing be wanting to their journey.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Do anything you can to help that lawyer Zenas, as well as Apollos, with the trip they are going to make.

Contextual Overview

9 Stay away from those who have foolish arguments, who talk about useless family histories, or who make trouble and fight about what the Law of Moses teaches. These things are useless and will not help anyone. 10 Give a warning to all those who cause arguments. If they continue to cause trouble after a second warning, then don't associate with them. 11 You know that people like that are evil and sinful. Their sins prove they are wrong. 12 I will send Artemas and Tychicus to you. When I send them, try hard to come to me at Nicopolis. I have decided to stay there this winter. 13 Zenas the lawyer and Apollos will be traveling from there. Do all that you can to help them prepare for their trip. Be sure that they have everything they need. 14 Our people must learn to use their lives for doing good and helping anyone who has a need. Then they will not have empty lives. 15 All the people with me here send you their greetings. Give my greetings to those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the lawyer: Matthew 22:35, Luke 7:30, Luke 10:25, Luke 11:45, Luke 11:52, Luke 14:3

Apollos: Acts 18:24

on: Acts 21:5, Acts 28:10, Romans 15:24, 1 Corinthians 16:11, 3 John 1:6-8

Reciprocal: Acts 15:3 - brought

Cross-References

Genesis 3:4
But the snake said to the woman, "You will not die.
Genesis 3:6
The woman could see that the tree was beautiful and the fruit looked so good to eat. She also liked the idea that it would make her wise. So she took some of the fruit from the tree and ate it. Her husband was there with her, so she gave him some of the fruit, and he ate it.
Genesis 3:9
The Lord God called to the man and said, "Where are you?"
Genesis 3:10
The man said, "I heard you walking in the garden, and I was afraid. I was naked, so I hid."
Genesis 3:12
The man said, "The woman you put here with me gave me fruit from that tree. So I ate it."
Genesis 44:15
Joseph said to them, "Why have you done this? Didn't you know that I have a special way of learning secrets? No one is better at this than I am!"
1 Samuel 13:11
Samuel asked, "What have you done?" Saul answered, "I saw the soldiers leaving me. You were not here on time, and the Philistines were gathering at Micmash.
2 Samuel 3:24
Joab came to the king and said, "What have you done? Abner came to you, but you sent him away without hurting him! Why?
John 18:35
Pilate said, "I'm not a Jew! It was your own people and their leading priests who brought you before me. What have you done wrong?"
1 Timothy 2:14
Also, Adam was not the one who was tricked. It was the woman who was tricked and became a sinner.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Bring Zenas the lawyer,.... Whether he was brought up to the civil law, either among the Greeks or Romans, is not certain; it may be he was a Jewish lawyer, or scribe, an interpreter of Moses's law among the Jews; for with them a lawyer and a scribe were one and the same, as appears from Matthew 22:35 compared with Mark 12:28 and the Syriac version here calls him "a scribe", and the Ethiopic version "a scribe of the city"; which looks as if it was a civil office he bore; but however, be he what he will, he seems to have been now a preacher of the Gospel, being joined with Apollos, who certainly was one: he is said to have been one of the seventy disciples of Christ, and afterwards bishop of Diospolis; Mark 12:28- :; his name is the contraction of Zenodorus: him the apostle would have Titus bring,

and Apollos, on their journey diligently; who was a Jew born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures; who had preached at Corinth, but was now at Crete; and whom the apostle, with Zenas, would have provided with everything necessary for their journey:

that nothing be wanting unto them; which might be proper for them in their travels, to make them comfortable, and their journey pleasant and easy.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 the notes at Matthew 22:35. It does not mean that he practiced 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 - Notes, Acts 18:24. He was also well-skilled in the laws of Moses, being “mighty in the Scriptures” Acts 18:24, and he and Zenas appear to have been traveling together. It would seem that they had been already on a journey, probably in preaching the gospel, and Paul supposed that they would be in Crete, and that Titus could aid them.

Diligently - 2 Timothy 4:9; Greek Speedily; i. e., facilitate their journey as much as possible.

That nothing be wanting unto them - Nothing necessary for their journey. Paul desired that they might meet with hospitable treatment from Christians in Crete, and might not be embarrassed for the want of that which was needful for their journey. It would seem most probable that they had been sent by Paul on a visit to the churches.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 13. Bring Zenas the lawyer — This person is only mentioned in this place; whether he was a Jewish, Roman, or Greek lawyer, we cannot tell.

And Apollos — Of this person we have some valuable particulars in Acts 18:24; 1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 3:5-6; 1 Corinthians 4:6. Either St. Paul had left these at Crete when he visited that island, or he had heard that, in their evangelical itinerancy, they were about to pass through it.

On their journey diligently — Afford them the means to defray their expenses. The Churches through which these evangelists passed, bore their expenses from one to the other. See 3 John 1:6.


 
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