Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Titus 3:13

"Set forward Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them." — Titus 3:13 (ASV)

Zenas and Apollos are almost certainly the bearers of this letter. Zenas’s name is Greek, but he may have been a convert from Judaism. If he was of Jewish origin, “lawyer” means that he had been an expert in the Mosaic law; if a Gentile, it means he had been a Roman jurist. Apollos is the well-known Alexandrian Jew who, having been fully instructed at Ephesus, effectively worked in the Corinthian church (Acts 18:24–28; Acts 19:1; 1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 3:4–6; 1 Corinthians 4:6; 1 Corinthians 16:12). Their journey will take Zenas and Apollos through Crete, and Titus must diligently assist them by seeing that their further needs are supplied. Such generous material assistance for Christian workers on their journeys characterized the early church (Acts 15:3; Romans 15:24; 1 Corinthians 16:6; 2 Corinthians 1:16; 3Jn 5– 8).