Teks -- Romans 16:15 (NET)

16:15 Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the believers who are with them.

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Robertson: Rom 16:15 - Philologus

Philologus ( Philologon ).

Another common slave name.

Robertson: Rom 16:15 - Julia

Julia ( Ioulian ).

The commonest name for female slaves in the imperial household because of Julius Caesar. Possibly these two were husband and wife.

Robertson: Rom 16:15 - Nereus

Nereus ( Nērea ).

Found in inscriptions of the imperial household. But the sister’ s name is not given. One wonders why.

Robertson: Rom 16:15 - Olympas

Olympas ( Olumpān ).

Possibly an abbreviation for Olympiodorus.

Robertson: Rom 16:15 - All the saints that are with them

All the saints that are with them ( tous sun autois pantas hagious ).

Possibly another church in the house. These unnamed, the "and others,"constitute the great majority in all our churches.

Wesley: Rom 16:15 - Salute all the saints

Had St. Peter been then at Rome, St. Paul would doubtless have saluted him by name; since no one in this numerous catalogue was of an eminence comparable to his. But if he was not then at Rome, the whole Roman tradition, with regard to the succession of their bishops, fails in the most fundamental article.

JFB: Rom 16:14-15 - Salute Asyncritus, &c.

These have been thought to be the names of ten less notable Christians than those already named. But this will hardly be supposed if it be observed that they are divided into two pairs of five each, and that after the first of these pairs it is added, "and the brethren which are with them," while after the second pair we have the words, "and all the saints which are with them." This perhaps hardly means that each of the five in both pairs had "a church at his house," else probably this would have been more expressly said. But at least it would seem to indicate that they were each a center of some few Christians who met at his house--it may be for further instruction, for prayer, for missionary purposes, or for some other Christian objects. These little peeps into the rudimental forms which Christian fellowship first took in the great cities, though too indistinct for more than conjecture, are singularly interesting. Our apostle would seem to have been kept minutely informed as to the state of the church at Rome, both as to its membership and its varied activities, probably by Priscilla and Aquila.

Clarke: Rom 16:15 - Salute Philologus, etc.

Salute Philologus, etc. - Of these several persons, though much has been conjectured, nothing certain is known. Even the names of some are so ambiguous that we know not whether they were men or women. They were persons well known to St. Paul, and undoubtedly were such as had gone from different places where the apostle had preached to sojourn or settle at Rome. One thing we may remark, that there is no mention of St. Peter, who, according to the Roman and papistical catalogue of bishops, must have been at Rome at this time; if he were not now at Rome, the foundation stone of Rome’ s ascendancy, of Peter’ s supremacy, and of the uninterrupted succession, is taken away, and the whole fabric falls to the ground. But if Peter were at Rome at this time, Paul would have sent his salutations to him in the first place; and if Peter were there, he must have been there, according to the papistical doctrine, as bishop and vicar of Jesus Christ; but if he were there, is it likely that he should have been passed by, while Andronicus and Junia are mentioned as of note among the apostles, Rom 16:7, and that St. Paul should call on the people to remedy the disorders that had crept in among themselves; should not these directions have been given to Peter, the head of the Church? And if there were a Church, in the papistical sense of the word, founded there, of which Peter was the head, is it likely that that Church should be in the house of Priscilla and Aquila, Rom 16:5. But it is a loss of time to refute such ridiculous and groundless pretensions. It is very likely that Peter, so far from being universal bishop at Rome, never saw the city in his life.

TSK: Rom 16:15 - and all

and all : Rom 16:2, Rom 1:7; Isa 60:21; Eph 1:1; 1Pe 1:2

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Poole: Rom 16:15 - Julia // Olympas // All the saints which are with them

Julia probably the wife of Philologus.

Olympas this is thought to be the name of a man, rather than of a woman.

All the saints which are with them that are in their several families: see Rom 16:14 . There were, doubtless, many more Christians in the church of Rome, but either they were of no great note, or else not known to the apostle: and indeed it is matter of admiration, that he, who was never at Rome, should know the name and proper characters of so many there. And because he sendeth salutations to so many brethren at Rome, and makes no mention of Peter, it may be rationally inferred, that Peter was not there at the writing of this Epistle. It is questionable whether ever he were there at all; but it is without question, that he came not thither in the beginning of Claudius’ s reign, and in the forty-fifth year of our Lord, as the Romanists report; nor was he bishop there for the space of five and twenty years, as they affirm.

Gill: Rom 16:15 - Salute Philologus, and Julia // Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them

Salute Philologus, and Julia,.... The first of these is a Greek name, and the name of a man, and signifies a lover of learning. This name Atteius assumed to himself, which Eratosthenes had done before him, because of his great learning ^y; this man is reckoned among the seventy disciples, and is said to be bishop of Sinope: See Gill on Luk 10:1. Julia is a woman's name, and Roman, probably the wife of the former; one of Stephens's copies read, "Junia":

Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them; who all dwelt together also in one family; and were saints, by separation, imputation, and the effectual calling; were called to be saints, and lived as such, and had a place in the apostle's affections on that account: Nerio, or Neriene, according to Gellius ^z, was a name with the Sabines, signifying "strength", from whence came Nero; and Olympas is the same with Olympius, said to be of the seventy disciples, and a Roman martyr; See Gill on Luk 10:1. It deserves some notice, that among all the persons here mentioned by name, known by the apostle to be at Rome, that he takes no notice of Peter; which surely he would have done, had he been, as the Papists say, bishop of Rome, and resided there.