Onesiphorus
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
ONESIPHORUS.The name of a Christian mentioned twice in St. Pauls Second Epistle to Timothy (2Ti_1:15-18; 2Ti_4:19). From the first reference we learn that he showed special kindness to the Apostle during his imprisonment at Rome, when others, from whom he might have expected sympathy and help, held aloof from him; from the second we infer that he and his family lived at Ephesus. From St. Pauls expression the household of Onesiphorus, it has been inferred that Onesiphorus himself was dead, and this text has been urged in proof of the lawfulness of prayers for the dead. There is much probability in this view, but the breathing of such a pious wish has nothing in common with the later abuses which gathered round this practice.
Morley Stevenson.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
2Ti_1:16-18; 2Ti_4:19; "the Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus (as Onesiphorus showed mercy), for he oft refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain (compare Mat_25:36; Mat_25:45), but when he was in Rome he sought me out very diligently and found me. The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy (as he found me) of the Lord in that day; and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus thou knowest very well." "Salute the household of Onesiphorus" (2Ti_4:19).
Absence from Ephesus probably is the cause of the expression; he had not yet returned from his visit to Rome. If the master were dead the household would not be called after his name. A good man's household shares in his blessing from God as in his deeds for God. Nowhere does Paul use prayers for the dead; Onesiphorus therefore was not dead. "The household of Stephanas" does not exclude "Stephanas" (1Co_1:16; 1Co_16:17) so "the household of Onesiphorus" does not necessarily exclude Onesiphorus.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Onesiph'orus. (bringing profit). Onesiphorus is named twice only in the New Testament, namely, 2Ti_1:16-18 and 2Ti_4:19. Paul mentions him in terms of grateful love, as having a noble courage, and generosity in his behalf, amid his trials as a prisoner at Rome, when others from whom he expected better things had deserted him. 2Ti_4:16. Probably, other members of the family were also active Christians. 2Ti_4:19. It is evident from 2Ti_1:18, that Onesiphorus had his home at Ephesus. (A.D. 64).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
is mentioned, 2Ti_1:16-17, and highly commended by St. Paul.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.
ō-nḗ-sif?ṓ-rus (Ὀνησίφορος, Onēsı́phoros, literally, ?profit bringer? (2Ti_1:16; 2Ti_4:19)):
1. The Friend of Paul:
Onesiphorus was a friend of the apostle Paul, who mentions him twice when writing to Timothy. In the former of the two passages where his name occurs, his conduct is contrasted with that of Phygellus and Hermogenes and others - all of whom, like Onesiphorus himself, were of the province of Asia - from whom Paul might well have expected to receive sympathy and help. These persons had ?turned away? from him. Onesiphorus acted in a different way, for ?he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain; but, when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me.?
Onesiphorus was one of the Christians of the church in Ephesus; and the second passage, where his name is found, merely sends a message of greeting from Paul, which Timothy in Ephesus is requested to deliver to ?the household of Onesiphorus.? (the King James Version).
2. Visits Paul in Rome:
Onesiphorus then had come from Ephesus to Rome. It was to Paul that the church at Ephesus owed its origin, and it was to him therefore that Onesiphorus and the Christians there were indebted for all that they knew of Christ. Onesiphorus gratefully remembered these facts, and having arrived in Rome, and learned that Paul was in prison, he ?very diligently? sought for the apostle. But to do this, though it was only his duty, involved much personal danger at that particular time. For the persecution, inaugurated by Nero against the Christians, had raged bitterly; its fury was not yet abated, and this made the profession of the Christian name a matter which involved very great risk of persecution and of death.
Paul was not the man to think lightly of what his Ephesian friend had done. He remembered too, ?in how many things he ministered at Ephesus.? And, writing to Timothy, he reminded him that Onesiphorus's kindly ministrations at Ephesus were already well known to him, from his residence in Ephesus, and from his position, as minister of the church there.
It should be observed that the ministration of Onesiphorus at Ephesus was not, as the King James Version gives it, ?to me,? that is, to Paul himself. ?To me? is omitted in the Revised Version (British and American). What Onesiphorus had done there was a wide Christian ministry of kindly action; it embraced ?many things,? which were too well known - for such is the force of the word - to Timothy to require repetition.
The visits which Onesiphorus paid to Paul in his Roman prison were intensely ?refreshing.? And it was not once or twice that he thus visited the chained prisoner, but he did so ofttimes.
3. His Household:
Though Onesiphorus had come to Rome, his household had remained in Ephesus; and a last salutation is sent to them by Paul. He could not write again, as he was now ready to be offered, and his execution could not long be delayed. But as he writes, he entertains the kindest feelings toward Onesiphorus and his household, and he prays that the Lord will give mercy to the household of Onesiphorus.
He also uses these words in regard to Onesiphorus himself: ?The Lord grant unto him to find mercy of the Lord in that day.? It is not clear whether Onesiphorus was living, or whether he had died, before Paul wrote this epistle. Different opinions have been held on the subject.
The way in which Paul refers twice to ?the household (the Revised Version (British and American) ?house?) of Onesiphorus,? makes it possible that Onesiphorus himself had died. If this is so - but certainty is impossible - the apostle's words in regard to him would be a pious wish, which has nothing in common with the abuses which have gathered round the subject of prayers for the dead, a practice which has no foundation in Scripture.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Onesiph?orus (profit-bringer) a believer of Ephesus, who came to Rome during the second captivity of St. Paul in that city; and having found out the apostle, who was in custody of a soldier, to whose arm his own was chained was 'not ashamed of his chain,' but attended him frequently, and rendered him all the services in his power. This faithful attachment, at a time of calamity and desertion, was fully appreciated and well remembered by the apostle, who, in his Epistle to Timothy, carefully records the circumstance; and, after charging him to salute in his name 'the household of Onesiphorus,' expresses the most earnest and grateful wishes for his spiritual welfare (2Ti_1:16-18). It would appear from this that Onesiphorus had then departed from Rome.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Onesiphorus
(Ο᾿νησιφορος, profit-bringing), a believer of Ephesus, who came to Rome during the second captivity of Paul in that city (A.D. cir. 64), and having found out the apostle, who was in custody of a soldier, to whose arm his own was chained, was not ashamed of his chain, but attended him frequently, and rendered him all the services in his power. This faithful attachment, at a time of calamity and desertion, was fully appreciated and well remembered by the apostle, who in his Epistle to Timothy carefully records the circumstance; and,. after charging him to salute in his name the household of Onesiphorus, expresses the most earnest and grateful wishes for his spiritual welfare (2Ti_1:16-18; comp. 4:19). It would appear from this that Onesiphorus had then quit Rome (Kitto). It has even been made a question whether this friend of the apostle was still living when the letter to Timothy was written, because in both instances Paul speaks of the household (in 2Ti_1:16, δóη ἔλεος ὁ κύριος τῷ Ο᾿νησιφόρου οἴκῳ), and not separately of Onesiphorus himself. If we infer that he was not living, then we have in 2Ti_1:18 almost an instance of the apostolic sanction of the practice of praying for the dead. But the probability is that other members of the family were also active Christians; and as Paul wished to remember them at the same time, he grouped them together under the comprehensive τὸν Ο᾿ν. Οικον (2Ti_4:19), and thus delicately recognized the common merit, as a sort of family distinction. The mention of Stephanas in 1Co_16:17 shows that we need not exclude him from the Στεφανᾶ οικον in 1Co_1:16. It is evident from 2Ti_1:18 (ὅσα ἐν Ε᾿φέσῳ διηκόνησε) that Onesiphorns had his home at Ephesus; though if we restrict the salutation near the close of the epistle (4:19) to his family, he himself may possibly have been with Paul at Rome when the latter wrote to Timothy. Nothing authentic is known of him beyond these notices. According to a tradition in Fabricius (Lux Evang. p. 117), he became bishop of Corone, in Messenia. I
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
ONESIPHORUS.The name of a Christian mentioned twice in St. Pauls Second Epistle to Timothy (2Ti_1:15-18; 2Ti_4:19). From the first reference we learn that he showed special kindness to the Apostle during his imprisonment at Rome, when others, from whom he might have expected sympathy and help, held aloof from him; from the second we infer that he and his family lived at Ephesus. From St. Pauls expression the household of Onesiphorus, it has been inferred that Onesiphorus himself was dead, and this text has been urged in proof of the lawfulness of prayers for the dead. There is much probability in this view, but the breathing of such a pious wish has nothing in common with the later abuses which gathered round this practice.
Morley Stevenson.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
2Ti_1:16-18; 2Ti_4:19; "the Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus (as Onesiphorus showed mercy), for he oft refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain (compare Mat_25:36; Mat_25:45), but when he was in Rome he sought me out very diligently and found me. The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy (as he found me) of the Lord in that day; and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus thou knowest very well." "Salute the household of Onesiphorus" (2Ti_4:19).
Absence from Ephesus probably is the cause of the expression; he had not yet returned from his visit to Rome. If the master were dead the household would not be called after his name. A good man's household shares in his blessing from God as in his deeds for God. Nowhere does Paul use prayers for the dead; Onesiphorus therefore was not dead. "The household of Stephanas" does not exclude "Stephanas" (1Co_1:16; 1Co_16:17) so "the household of Onesiphorus" does not necessarily exclude Onesiphorus.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Onesiph'orus. (bringing profit). Onesiphorus is named twice only in the New Testament, namely, 2Ti_1:16-18 and 2Ti_4:19. Paul mentions him in terms of grateful love, as having a noble courage, and generosity in his behalf, amid his trials as a prisoner at Rome, when others from whom he expected better things had deserted him. 2Ti_4:16. Probably, other members of the family were also active Christians. 2Ti_4:19. It is evident from 2Ti_1:18, that Onesiphorus had his home at Ephesus. (A.D. 64).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
is mentioned, 2Ti_1:16-17, and highly commended by St. Paul.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.
ō-nḗ-sif?ṓ-rus (Ὀνησίφορος, Onēsı́phoros, literally, ?profit bringer? (2Ti_1:16; 2Ti_4:19)):
1. The Friend of Paul:
Onesiphorus was a friend of the apostle Paul, who mentions him twice when writing to Timothy. In the former of the two passages where his name occurs, his conduct is contrasted with that of Phygellus and Hermogenes and others - all of whom, like Onesiphorus himself, were of the province of Asia - from whom Paul might well have expected to receive sympathy and help. These persons had ?turned away? from him. Onesiphorus acted in a different way, for ?he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain; but, when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me.?
Onesiphorus was one of the Christians of the church in Ephesus; and the second passage, where his name is found, merely sends a message of greeting from Paul, which Timothy in Ephesus is requested to deliver to ?the household of Onesiphorus.? (the King James Version).
2. Visits Paul in Rome:
Onesiphorus then had come from Ephesus to Rome. It was to Paul that the church at Ephesus owed its origin, and it was to him therefore that Onesiphorus and the Christians there were indebted for all that they knew of Christ. Onesiphorus gratefully remembered these facts, and having arrived in Rome, and learned that Paul was in prison, he ?very diligently? sought for the apostle. But to do this, though it was only his duty, involved much personal danger at that particular time. For the persecution, inaugurated by Nero against the Christians, had raged bitterly; its fury was not yet abated, and this made the profession of the Christian name a matter which involved very great risk of persecution and of death.
Paul was not the man to think lightly of what his Ephesian friend had done. He remembered too, ?in how many things he ministered at Ephesus.? And, writing to Timothy, he reminded him that Onesiphorus's kindly ministrations at Ephesus were already well known to him, from his residence in Ephesus, and from his position, as minister of the church there.
It should be observed that the ministration of Onesiphorus at Ephesus was not, as the King James Version gives it, ?to me,? that is, to Paul himself. ?To me? is omitted in the Revised Version (British and American). What Onesiphorus had done there was a wide Christian ministry of kindly action; it embraced ?many things,? which were too well known - for such is the force of the word - to Timothy to require repetition.
The visits which Onesiphorus paid to Paul in his Roman prison were intensely ?refreshing.? And it was not once or twice that he thus visited the chained prisoner, but he did so ofttimes.
3. His Household:
Though Onesiphorus had come to Rome, his household had remained in Ephesus; and a last salutation is sent to them by Paul. He could not write again, as he was now ready to be offered, and his execution could not long be delayed. But as he writes, he entertains the kindest feelings toward Onesiphorus and his household, and he prays that the Lord will give mercy to the household of Onesiphorus.
He also uses these words in regard to Onesiphorus himself: ?The Lord grant unto him to find mercy of the Lord in that day.? It is not clear whether Onesiphorus was living, or whether he had died, before Paul wrote this epistle. Different opinions have been held on the subject.
The way in which Paul refers twice to ?the household (the Revised Version (British and American) ?house?) of Onesiphorus,? makes it possible that Onesiphorus himself had died. If this is so - but certainty is impossible - the apostle's words in regard to him would be a pious wish, which has nothing in common with the abuses which have gathered round the subject of prayers for the dead, a practice which has no foundation in Scripture.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Onesiph?orus (profit-bringer) a believer of Ephesus, who came to Rome during the second captivity of St. Paul in that city; and having found out the apostle, who was in custody of a soldier, to whose arm his own was chained was 'not ashamed of his chain,' but attended him frequently, and rendered him all the services in his power. This faithful attachment, at a time of calamity and desertion, was fully appreciated and well remembered by the apostle, who, in his Epistle to Timothy, carefully records the circumstance; and, after charging him to salute in his name 'the household of Onesiphorus,' expresses the most earnest and grateful wishes for his spiritual welfare (2Ti_1:16-18). It would appear from this that Onesiphorus had then departed from Rome.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Onesiphorus
(Ο᾿νησιφορος, profit-bringing), a believer of Ephesus, who came to Rome during the second captivity of Paul in that city (A.D. cir. 64), and having found out the apostle, who was in custody of a soldier, to whose arm his own was chained, was not ashamed of his chain, but attended him frequently, and rendered him all the services in his power. This faithful attachment, at a time of calamity and desertion, was fully appreciated and well remembered by the apostle, who in his Epistle to Timothy carefully records the circumstance; and,. after charging him to salute in his name the household of Onesiphorus, expresses the most earnest and grateful wishes for his spiritual welfare (2Ti_1:16-18; comp. 4:19). It would appear from this that Onesiphorus had then quit Rome (Kitto). It has even been made a question whether this friend of the apostle was still living when the letter to Timothy was written, because in both instances Paul speaks of the household (in 2Ti_1:16, δóη ἔλεος ὁ κύριος τῷ Ο᾿νησιφόρου οἴκῳ), and not separately of Onesiphorus himself. If we infer that he was not living, then we have in 2Ti_1:18 almost an instance of the apostolic sanction of the practice of praying for the dead. But the probability is that other members of the family were also active Christians; and as Paul wished to remember them at the same time, he grouped them together under the comprehensive τὸν Ο᾿ν. Οικον (2Ti_4:19), and thus delicately recognized the common merit, as a sort of family distinction. The mention of Stephanas in 1Co_16:17 shows that we need not exclude him from the Στεφανᾶ οικον in 1Co_1:16. It is evident from 2Ti_1:18 (ὅσα ἐν Ε᾿φέσῳ διηκόνησε) that Onesiphorns had his home at Ephesus; though if we restrict the salutation near the close of the epistle (4:19) to his family, he himself may possibly have been with Paul at Rome when the latter wrote to Timothy. Nothing authentic is known of him beyond these notices. According to a tradition in Fabricius (Lux Evang. p. 117), he became bishop of Corone, in Messenia. I
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
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