2Ti 4:11 | RWP | e4.org | Only Luke is with me ( Λουκας εστιν μονος μετ' εμου ). Luke is with Paul now in Rome as during the first Roman imprisonment ( ; ). Take Mark ( Μαρκον αναλαβων ). Second aorist active participle of αναλαμβανω , old verb, to pick up, as in , . "Pick up Mark." He is useful to me ( εστιν μο ευχρηστος ). See for ευχρηστος . Paul had long ago changed his opinion of Mark ( ) because Mark had changed his conduct and had made good in his ministry. Now Paul longs to have the man that he once scornfully rejected ( .).

‏ 2 Timothy 4:11

Only Luke is with me ( Λουκας εστιν μονος μετ' εμου ). Luke is with Paul now in Rome as during the first Roman imprisonment (Phm 1:24; Col 4:14).

Take Mark ( Μαρκον αναλαβων ). Second aorist active participle of αναλαμβανω, old verb, to pick up, as in Eph 6:13, 16. "Pick up Mark."

He is useful to me ( εστιν μο ευχρηστος ). See 2:21 for ευχρηστος. Paul had long ago changed his opinion of Mark (Col 4:10) because Mark had changed his conduct and had made good in his ministry. Now Paul longs to have the man that he once scornfully rejected (Ac 15:37ff.).