Bible Strands
Titus 3:13
Do your best to equip Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, so that they will have everything they need.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul writes to Titus, directing him to manage personnel and ministry logistics before joining him at Nicopolis for the winter.
The words — σπουδαίως (spoudaiōs) translates to "earnestly," and προπέμπω (propempō) means "to equip for travel" or "send on the way."
The thread — This directive to provision traveling workers parallels 3 John 1:6, while the named individuals appear in Acts 18:24 (Apollos) and Matthew 22:35 (expert in the law).
Why it lands — The text commands active provision for gospel workers so they receive necessary material support, after which the surrounding passage extends that practical care to meeting the pressing needs of others.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.
Cross-references
- Acts 18:24 Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.
- Matthew 22:35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:
- 3 John 1:6 They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
- Acts 28:10 The islanders honored us in many ways and supplied our needs when we were ready to sail.
- Luke 7:30 But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.
- Luke 10:25 One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
- Luke 11:45 One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”
- Luke 11:52 Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
- Luke 14:3 So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”
- Acts 21:5 But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.