As you know, everyone from the province of Asia has deserted me—even Phygelus and Hermogenes.
Parallel translations
- WEB This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.
- KJV This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
- BSB You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
- NKJV This you know, that all those in Asia have turned away from me, among whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
- NASB You are aware of the fact that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.
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Quick answer
Paul notes that all in the province of Asia have turned away from him, naming Phygelus and Hermogenes. He candidly acknowledges abandonment as he nears the end.
Overview
As Paul faces death, many former associates have deserted him, a painful reminder of how trials can thin the ranks of supporters. The specific names show this was a real, remembered abandonment, not vague complaint. The contrast prepares the way for the faithful example of Onesiphorus in the following verses.
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Cross-references · 9
- Phil 2:21For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
- 2 Tim 4:16At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them.
- Acts 19:10This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
- 2 Tim 4:10–11for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
- 1 Cor 16:19The assemblies of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you much in the Lord, together with the assembly that is in their house.
- Acts 19:27Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing, and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.”
- Acts 16:6When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
- Acts 20:16For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
- Acts 19:31Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.
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