Calvin's on Titus 3:13

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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. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-14" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-tit-3-002

절 (explains)

bible-text/tit-3-13

Source

• source-manifest/cal — Calvin's Commentaries (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological