Teks -- Titus 3:13 (NET)

3:13 Make every effort to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; make sure they have what they need.

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Robertson: Tit 3:13 - Zenas the lawyer

Zenas the lawyer ( Zēnān ton nomikon ).

Possibly abbreviation of Zenodorus and may be one of the bearers of the Epistle with Apollos. Probably an expert in the Mosaic law as the word means in the Gospels. A converted Jewish lawyer. The Latin term is jurisconsultum for nomikon .

Robertson: Tit 3:13 - Apollos

Apollos ( Apollōn ).

Paul’ s friend (Acts 18:24-19:1; 1Co 1:12.).

Robertson: Tit 3:13 - Set forward

Set forward ( propempson ).

First aorist active imperative of propempō , old verb, to send on ahead (1Co 16:6, 1Co 16:11; Rom 15:24).

Robertson: Tit 3:13 - That nothing be wanting unto them

That nothing be wanting unto them ( hina mēden autois leipēi ).

Purpose with hina and present (or second aorist lipēi , some MSS.) subjunctive of leipō , old verb to leave, to remain, to lack. With dative case here (autois ).

Wesley: Tit 3:13 - Send forward Zenas the lawyer

Either a Roman lawyer or an expounder of the Jewish law.

JFB: Tit 3:13 - Bring . . . on their journey

Enable them to proceed forward by supplying necessaries for their journey.

JFB: Tit 3:13 - Zenas

The contracted form of Zenodorus.

JFB: Tit 3:13 - lawyer

A Jewish "scribe," who, when converted, still retained the title from his former occupation. A civil lawyer.

JFB: Tit 3:13 - Apollos

With Zenas, probably the bearers of this Epistle. In 1Co 16:12, Apollos is mentioned as purposing to visit Corinth; his now being at Corinth (on the theory of Paul being at Corinth when he wrote) accords with this purpose. Crete would be on his way either to Palestine or his native place, Alexandria. Paul and Apollos thus appear in beautiful harmony in that very city where their names had been formerly the watchword of unchristian party work. It was to avoid this party rivalry that Apollos formerly was unwilling to visit Corinth though Paul desired him. HIPPOLYTUS mentions Zenas as one of the Seventy, and afterwards bishop of Diospolis.

Clarke: Tit 3:13 - Bring Zenas the lawyer

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

Clarke: Tit 3:13 - And Apollos

And Apollos - Of this person we have some valuable particulars in Act 18:24; 1Co 1:12; 1Co 3:5, 1Co 3:6; 1Co 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

Clarke: Tit 3:13 - On their journey diligently

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 3Jo 1:6.

Calvin: Tit 3:13 - Zenas a lawyer

13.Zenas a lawyer It is uncertain whether “Zenas”, was a Doctor of the Civil Law or of the Law of Moses; but as we may learn from Paul’s words that he was a poor man and needed the help of others, it is probable that he belonged to the same rank with Apollo, that is, an expounder of the Law of God among the Jews. It more frequently happens that such persons are in want of the necessaries of life than those who conduct causes in civil courts. I have said that Zenas’s poverty may be inferred from the words of Paul, because the expression, conduct him, means here to supply him with the means of accomplishing his journey, as is evident from what follows.

Defender: Tit 3:13 - Zenas

"Zenas" is not mentioned anywhere else. His Greek name suggests that he was a Greek lawyer, rather than Jewish. "Apollos" is mentioned a number of times elsewhere (Act 18:24).

Defender: Tit 3:13 - on their journey diligently

Evidently, Apollos and Zenas had been assisting Titus in Greece, and Paul was now sending Artemas and Tychicus to replace them while they went on to minister elsewhere. Titus himself was going to be needed by Paul at Nicopolis."

TSK: Tit 3:13 - the lawyer // Apollos // on

the lawyer : Mat 22:35; Luk 7:30, Luk 10:25, Luk 11:45, Luk 11:52, Luk 14:3

Apollos : Act 18:24

on : Act 21:5, Act 28:10; Rom 15:24; 1Co 16:11; 3Jo 1:6-8

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Poole: Tit 3:13 - Apollos // That nothing be wanting unto them

Of this Zenas we read no more in holy writ, but of

Apollos we read both in the Acts, and 1Co 3:4,5,22 : it seemeth they were about to go to Paul to Nicopolis.

That nothing be wanting unto them the apostle would have Titus take care that they might want no necessaries that might accommodate them in their journey.

Gill: Tit 3:13 - Bring Zenas the lawyer // and Apollos, on their journey diligently // that nothing be wanting unto them

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 Mat 22:35 compared with Mar 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; See Gill on Luk 10:1; 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.