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The Apostle's Simple Needs
Commentators highlight the deeply human nature of this verse. Facing a cold winter in a Roman prison, the great Apostle Paul's request for a simple cloak reveals his practical needs and vulnerability. This personal detail reminds believers that even the most spiritually mature figures in scripture were not above the basic challenges of life, making their faith more tangible and relatable.
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2 Timothy
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Timothy 4:13
18th Century
Theologian
The cloak that I left at Troas. On the situation of Troas, see the notes on Acts 16:8.
It was not on the most direct route from Eph…
AT Robertson
On 2 Timothy 4:13
The cloke (την φελονην). More common form φειλονη. By metathesis for φαινολη, Latin paenula, though which language translit…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Timothy 4:13
19th Century
Bishop
The cloke that I left at Troas.—The apparently trivial nature of this request in an epistle containing such weighty matter, and al…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Timothy 4:13
It is evident that Timothy was not to go by ship directly to Rome from the large seaport of Ephesus, for he is requested to pick up the cloak Paul …
John Gill
On 2 Timothy 4:13
17th Century
Pastor
The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus
About the word here rendered a "cloak", interpreters are not agreed: some take it f…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Timothy 4:9–13
17th Century
Minister
The love of this world is often the cause of turning back from the truths and ways of Jesus Christ. Paul was guided by Divine inspiration, yet he s…