Bible Strands
Philemon 1:24
as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The writer addresses Philemon and the house church at the close of the epistle. The moment marks the shift from doctrinal instruction to personal greetings.
The words — συνεργοί (sunergoi) means fellow workers, and μου (mou) means of mine. The text explicitly names Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke as sharing this labor with the author.
The thread — Colossians 4:10-14 lists these same individuals as senders of greetings, while 2 Timothy 4:10 records Demas later deserting the author.
Why it lands — The text states that these four men co-labor with the writer and send greetings. The reader must acknowledge this shared ministry network and extend practical welcome to them, treating the letter's authority as a collective enterprise rather than a solitary pronouncement.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
Cross-references
- Colossians 4:10 My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you greetings, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have already received instructions about him: If he comes to you, welcome him.
- Colossians 4:14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.
- 2 Timothy 4:10 because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
- Acts 12:12 And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.
- Acts 15:37 Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark.
- Acts 19:29 Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
- Acts 12:25 When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
- Acts 27:2 We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
- Philemon 1:1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker,
- Acts 13:13 After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.