2 Timothy 4:13 - Exposition

Bring when thou comest for when thou comest bring with thee, A.V.; especially for but especially, A.V. The cloke ( τὸν φελόνην , more properly written φαινόλην ); the Latin paenula, the thick overcoat or cloke. Only here in the New Testament. Some think it was the bag in which the books and parchments were packed. The parchments ( τὰς μεμβράνας ) . This, again, is a Latin word. It occurs only here in the New Testament. They would probably be for the apostle to write his Epistles on. Or they may have been valuable manuscripts of some kind. In 2 Timothy 4:20 we learn that St. Paul had lately been at Miletus; and in 1 Timothy 1:3 that he was then going to Macedonia. Tress would be on his way to Macedonia, Greece, and Rome ( Acts 16:8 , Acts 16:9 , Acts 16:11 ), as it was on the return journey from Macedonia to Miletus ( Acts 20:5 , Acts 20:15 ). It should further be observed that the journey here indicated is the same as that referred to in 1 Timothy 1:3 , which confirms the inevitable inference from this chapter that St. Paul, on his way to Rome from Miletus, whither he had come from Crete ( Titus 1:5 ), passed through Tress, Macedonia, and Corinth ( 1 Timothy 1:20 ), leaving Timothy at Ephesus. (See Introduction.)