Romans - 16:8



8 Greet Amplias, my beloved in the Lord.

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Explanation and meaning of Romans 16:8.

Differing Translations

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Salute Ampliatus my beloved in the Lord.
Salute Ampliatus, most beloved to me in the Lord.
Salute Amplias, my beloved in the Lord.
Greetings to Ampliatus, dear to me in the Lord;
Give my love to Ampliatus, who is dear to me in the Lord,
Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.
Greet Ampliatus, most beloved to me in the Lord.
to my dear Christian friend Ampliatus;
Salutate Ampliam, dilectum meum in Domino.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Amplias, my beloved in the Lord - One who is my particular friend, and also a genuine Christian.

Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord. This was a Roman name; the Vulgate Latin reads "Ampliatus", and so do the Alexandrian copy, and the Ethiopic version: some call him "Amphias", and "Amphiatus", and say, but whether on good authority I will not affirm, that this man was bishop of Odyssus; but be he who he will, the apostle had a singular affection for him; and that not upon any external account, as natural relation, riches, honour, learning, &c. but for the Lord's sake, and as he was in Christ, a member of him, and so in a spiritual relation to the apostle; a "brother" of his, as the Ethiopic version here calls him; and because he was honoured with the gifts and graces of the Spirit, and for his usefulness in the Gospel of Christ Jesus.

Amplias--a contracted form of "Ampliatus."
my beloved in the Lord--an expression of dear Christian affection.

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