Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Corinth » By erastus, a Christian of
Gaius, who is hosting me [i.e., Paul] and the whole church [here], sends you his greetings. [Note: This was probably the Gaius who lived in Corinth (I Cor. 1:14) and was apparently both wealthy and generous]. Erastus, the city treasurer [of Corinth] sends his greetings to you, along with our brother Quartus. {{Some manuscripts contain verse 24), which repeats the benediction of verse 20}}
Erastus stayed on at Corinth, but I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.
Disease » Good men afflicted with » The righteous suffer from
But as time went on, she became [very] sick and [eventually] died. Her body was washed [by the women attendants] and placed in an upstairs room [during the mourning process].
Erastus stayed on at Corinth, but I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.
Now a certain man named Lazarus, from Bethany, became sick. Bethany was the town where Mary and her sister Martha lived. [See 11:18].
And indeed, he was [so] sick that he almost died, but God had pity on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have one sorrow on top of another.
Erastus » Friend » Paul
After sending his two associates Timothy and Erastus on to Macedonia [Note: These were men who cared for various needs of his ministry], Paul remained in [the province of] Asia for a while.
Erastus stayed on at Corinth, but I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.
Miletus » Trophimus left sick at
Erastus stayed on at Corinth, but I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.
Sickness » The righteous suffer from
But as time went on, she became [very] sick and [eventually] died. Her body was washed [by the women attendants] and placed in an upstairs room [during the mourning process].
Erastus stayed on at Corinth, but I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.
Now a certain man named Lazarus, from Bethany, became sick. Bethany was the town where Mary and her sister Martha lived. [See 11:18].
And indeed, he was [so] sick that he almost died, but God had pity on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have one sorrow on top of another.
Trophimus » Left ill at miletus
Erastus stayed on at Corinth, but I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.