Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Romans 16:12
He salutes several women as well as men: you read before of Priscilla, Romans 16:3; of Mary, Romans 16:6; and now he adds three more in this verse. He saith of the two first, that they laboured in the Lord; i.e. in the service of Christ and his church, according to their place and power. See the notes on Romans 16:6. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord; he gives this woman a higher commendation, calling her the beloved Persis; see Romans 16:8. He saith of the other two,... read more
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Romans 16:11
Salute Herodion my kinsman: see Romans 16:7. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus: this Narcissus is reported by Suetonius to have been in great favour with Claudius the emperor, and to have abounded in wealth, so that he was worth ten millions. He was a wicked man himself, yet it seems he had divers good Christians in his family. So we read that there were saints in Nero’s house or court, Philippians 4:22. To what a degree of wickedness are they arrived, who will not suffer a... read more