2 TIMOTHY 4:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.”
Erastus remained at Corinth, and I left Trophimus ill at Miletus. — The logistical notes: Erastus's Corinthian stay and Trophimus's illness at Miletus explain Paul's personnel distribution. The inability to heal Trophimus humanizes Paul's apostolic limitations.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 4:20
This Trophimus and Tychicus, we know from the book of the Acts, sailed away with him from Judea, and were everywhere his companions, perhaps as being more zealous than the rest. “Trophimus I have left at Miletum sick.” Why then did you not heal him, instead of leaving him? The Apostles could not do everything, or they did not dispense miraculous gifts upon all occasions, lest more should be ascribed to them than was right. The same thing is observable of those blessed and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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