a3:13
bLuke 7:30
c10:25
dActs 18:24
e19:1
f1 Cor 1:12
g3:4-6
i4:6
j16:12
k1 Tim 3:2
l3 Jn 1:5-8
mRom 15:24
n1 Cor 16:6
p2 Cor 1:16
q3:14
rRom 12:13
sEph 4:28
t1 Thes 4:11
u1 Tim 5:8
w6:18

‏ Titus 3:13-14

3:13  a Zenas and Apollos were involved in spreading the Good News, and they might have been the couriers of this letter to Titus.

• Zenas was probably an expert in Roman law or a Roman jurist (the same word for lawyer is in Luke 7:30  b; 10:25  c); his pagan name (“gift of Zeus”) makes it unlikely that he was an expert in Jewish law.

• Apollos is presumably the same man as in Acts 18:24  d; 19:1  e; 1 Cor 1:12  f; 3:4-6  g, 22  h; 4:6  i; 16:12  j.

• everything they need: See 1 Tim 3:2  k; 3 Jn 1:5-8  l; cp. Rom 15:24  m; 1 Cor 16:6  n, 11  o; 2 Cor 1:16  p.
3:14  q This final exhortation is connected to the responsibility to take care of Zenas and Apollos (see Rom 12:13  r; Eph 4:28  s; 1 Thes 4:11  t; 1 Tim 5:8  u, 16  v; 6:18  w).

• Our people must involve themselves in the life-giving ministry of the Good News rather than in the unproductive speculations of the false teachers.
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