Onesiphorus

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• A Christian of Ephesus2 Timothy 1:162 Timothy 1:172 Timothy 4:19

The passages, in Bible order (3)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 3 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. 2 Timothy 1:16

   May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.

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   “The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus,....

   “The Lord give mercy - Onesiphorus had acknowledged him, and continued to do so; he, and his house, or family, ministered to him in prison, and were not ashamed of their imprisoned pastor, nor of the cause for which he was in disgrace and suffering. As he showed mercy to the apostle, the apostle prays the Lord to show mercy to him.

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2. 2 Timothy 1:17

   Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently until he found me.

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   “But when he was in Rome - What was the employment of Onesiphorus is not known. It may have been that he was a merchant, and had occasion to visit Rome on business. At all events, he was at pains to search out the apostle, and his attention was the more valuable because it cost him trouble to find him.

   “But when he was in Rome, he diligently sought me out and found me. he diligently sought me out. Not only, Paul says, did he not avoid my presence, although there was danger and he encountered me after being imprisoned, but he also sought me …

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3. 2 Timothy 4:19

   Greet Prisca and Aquila, as well as the household of Onesiphorus.

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   “Prisca and Aquila-- (Ac 18:2, 3; 1Co 16:19, written from Ephesus, where therefore Aquila and Priscilla must then have been). household of Onesiphorus--If he were dead at the time, the "household" would not have been called "the household of Onesiphorus." He was probably absent (see on 2Ti 1:16).

   “Salute Prisca and Aquila,.... The same with Priscilla and Aquila: and so the Complutensian edition, and some copies, read here; who were of the same occupation with the apostle, and with whom he wrought at Corinth, and whom he left at Ephesus; and who seem by this salutation to have continued there, Act 18:2. And the household of Onesiphorus: who also lived at Ephesus, and whose kindness to the apostle, when he was at Rome, is before mentioned, 2Ti 1:16.

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