Colossians 4:10

10. Aristarchus A Thessalonian, first mentioned in Acts 19:29, as a companion of the apostle on his third missionary tour, and seized by the mob at Ephesus. He seems to have continued with him until the decision of the present appeal to Nero.

Marcus John Mark, the author of the second gospel, who had been the occasion of the difference between Paul and Barnabas, and their separation. (Acts 12:12.) He afterward recovered the good opinion of the apostle, and is now warmly commended by him to the kind hospitality of the Colossian brethren.

Sister’s son ’ Ανεψιος , a name given to the sons and daughters of brothers and sisters. Barnabas and Mark were, therefore, cousins.

Commandments What these were, and who sent them, we cannot know, though presumably they proceeded from St. Paul.