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A Painful Desertion
Commentators explain that Paul is expressing deep sorrow over a widespread abandonment by Christians in the Roman province of Asia (modern western Turkey). This was a region where he had ministered for years. This desertion was likely a rejection of his authority and teaching during his final imprisonment, a painful blow from those he had served.
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2 Timothy
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Timothy 1:15
18th Century
Theologian
This you know, that all those who are in Asia are turned away from me. That is, in that part of Asia Minor of which Ephesus was the capita…
AT Robertson
On 2 Timothy 1:15
Are turned away from me (απεστραφησαν με). Second aorist passive (still transitive here with με) of αποστρεφω, for which verb see …
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Timothy 1:15
19th Century
Bishop
This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me.—This sad desertion of friends is well known to…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Timothy 1:15
19th Century
Preacher
This you know, that all those who are in Asia are turned away from me;
What! turned away from Paul? Some people think it is an awful…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Timothy 1:15
“Asia” in the NT means the Roman province of Asia, at the west end of Asia Minor. It was made into a province by the Romans about 133 B. C., and Ep…
John Calvin
On 2 Timothy 1:15
16th Century
Theologian
You know that all who are in Asia have forsaken me. These apostasies which he mentions might have shaken the hearts of many and, at the sa…
John Gill
On 2 Timothy 1:15
17th Century
Pastor
This you know, that all they which are in Asia
Either those that followed the apostle from Asia to Rome; or who came…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Timothy 1:15–18
17th Century
Minister
The apostle mentions the constancy of Onesiphorus; he often refreshed him with his letters, counsels, and comforts, and was not ashamed of him. A g…