SEV Biblia, Chapter 4:21
Procura venir antes del invierno. Eubulo te saluda, y Pudente, y Lino, y Claudia, y todos los hermanos.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:21
Verse 21. Come before winter.] 1. Because the apostle's time was short and uncertain. 2. Because sailing in those seas was very dangerous in winter. Whether Timothy saw the apostle before he was martyred is not known. Eubulus] This person is nowhere else mentioned in the New Testament.
Pudens] Of this person we have traditions and legends, but nothing certain. The Catholics make him bishop of Rome.
Linus] He also is made, by the same persons, bishop of Rome; but there is no sufficient ground for these pretensions.
Claudia] Supposed to be the wife of Pudens. Some think she was a British lady, converted by St. Paul; and that she was the first that brought the Gospel to Britain.
All the brethren.] All the Christians, of whom there were many at Rome; though of Paul's companions in travel, only Luke remained there.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 21. Do thy diligence to come before winter , etc.] When travelling would not be so safe and comfortable: the apostle consults Timothy's good, as well as his own advantage. Eubulus greeteth thee . Eusebius makes mention of one of this name of Manganaea, who suffered martyrdom with one Adrian at Caesarea; but he cannot be thought to be the same with this, since he suffered in the times of Dioclesian. And Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia ; the first of these is said to be a person of note at Rome, and of the senatorial order, and the father of two pious virgins, Praxis and Pudentiana. He is put among the seventy disciples; (see Gill on Luke 10:1). Mention is made by Pliny the younger f37 , of Servilius Pudens, a Roman; and Martial, a poet of those times, speaks of the marriage of Pudens and Claudia, and of Aulus Pudens. Linus is said to be the first bishop of Rome after the martyrdom of Peter and Paul f39 . Though some will have it, that he was bishop of Rome in the time of Peter, and that he and one Cletus were co-pastors with Peter; and Platina, who wrote the Lives of the Popes, first makes Peter to consecrate Clement his successor, and to commend the chair, and the church of God, to him, and yet afterwards places Linus, and not Clement, as his immediate successor; yea, puts Cletus also before Clement; so much are the Papists at a loss about, and so little account can they give of the boasted succession of their popes from Peter, that they are not agreed about his immediate successor. This Linus is said to be born at Volterra in Tuscany, and to be of the family of the Moors, whose father was one Herculaneus, who sent him at twenty two years of age to Rome, for the sake of his studies; at which time, as is pretended, Peter came thither, by whom he was converted, and with whom he continued as a fellow helper in the Gospel. He is moreover said to be bishop of Rome ten years, (Platina says eleven,) three months, and twelve days, and to have suffered martyrdom under Saturninus the consul, whose daughter he had delivered from a diabolical possession, and was buried in the Vatican. He is reckoned among the seventy disciples of Christ, but very wrongly; (see Gill on Luke 10:1). The name is a Latin one, and is often mentioned by Martial the poet. And Claudia is the name of a woman, very likely of considerable note. Some think she was the wife of Pudens, the same Martial speaks of, and is said to be a Briton. And all the brethren : that is, of the church of Rome, these all sent greeting to Timothy.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 19-22 - We need no more to make us happy, than to have the Lord Jesus Chris with our spirits; for in him all spiritual blessings are summed up. It is the best prayer we can offer for our friends, that the Lord Jesu Christ may be with their spirits, to sanctify and save them, and a last to receive them to himself. Many who believed as Paul, are no before the throne, giving glory to their Lord: may we be followers of them __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
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Vincent's NT Word Studies
21. Eubulus, Pudens, Linus, Claudia. N.T.o .
Robertson's NT Word Studies
4:21 {Before winter} (pro ceimwnos). Pathetic item if Paul was now in the Mamertine Dungeon in Rome with winter coming on and without his cloak for which he asked. How long he had been in prison this time we do not know. He may even have spent the previous winter or part of it here. Eubulus, Pudens, Linus, Claudia are all unknown otherwise. Irenaeus does speak of Linus. {The Lord be with thy Spirit} (ho kurios meta tou pneumatos sou). Let us hope that Timothy and Mark reached Paul before winter, before the end came, with the cloak and with the books. Our hero, we may be sure, met the end nobly. He is already more than conqueror in Christ who is by his side and who will welcome him to heaven and give him his crown. Luke, Timothy, Mark will do all that mortal hands can do to cheer the heart of Paul with human comfort. He already had the comfort of Christ in full measure.
