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2 Timothy 4:11 · BSB
4:11 Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is useful to me in the ministry.
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…occur in what we know, of course, as Paul's prison letters. The letters that he wrote, obviously, while in prison. The 3rd reference is found in2 Timothy 4:11, where Paul says about Luke, Luke alone is with me. So all 3 of these references to Luke happened in letters that Paul wrote while he was in…
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…story in Luke's account, but thankfully, we have another book of the Bible written by Paul that lets us know how this story ends. So, if you go to2 Timothy chapter 4, verse 11. So, so years later, Paul actually mentions Mark. And in Colossians chapter 4, verse 10, he says, "If he comes to you." to the church in Colossae,…
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…it, it helped John Mark to stay strong. They treated them as coworkers, not children. And that's how Paul will refer to him in Romans 16:21. And in2 Timothy 4:11, that's where Paul says, send me John Mark because he's useful for ministry. And they balanced encouragement and admonition. And so when we Look at…
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…carried out. That's right. And we'll talk about that here in just a little bit. So later on, Mark eventually matured. And Paul mentions this in2 Timothy 4, verse 11. He says, Get Mark and bring him with you because he is helpful to me in my ministry. So now he's helpful in Paul's ministry. So Barnabas saw this…
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…and we don't know for sure. May I say in 2 Timothy 4? We don't know for sure if it's that same Mark. John Mark? But we know that Paul says over in2 Timothy chapter 4, verse 11, when he's talking to Luke, he says, Bring with you Mark. He's profitable for me for the ministry now. Please listen. We don't know exactly if…
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…can't come anymore. [SPEAKER_00]: Now he's with Paul and prison and he's like, hey, he's actually, I'm going to send him to you. [SPEAKER_00]: Insecond Timothy chapter 4, verse 11, Paul says, Luke alone is with me, get Mark. [SPEAKER_00]: So this is like, hey, go get him and bring him with you, bring him to me, check this out…
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…Timothy saying, hey Timothy, I'm about done. It's about time for me to go home. You've got to pick up this mantle and carry it. And as we come to2 Timothy chapter 4, verse 11, here's what Paul writes. Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry. This is Mark. This is…
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Please turn with me to2 Timothy 4, verse 9-15. That's page 1197. 2 Timothy 4, verse 9-15, page 1197 in the Church Bible. 2 Timothy 4, verse 9-15. 2 Timothy 4, verse 9-15. 2 Timothy 4, verse…
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…That's a change. Something by the time of the book of Colossians had shifted between Paul and John Mark. That becomes even clearer when we look at2 Timothy chapter 4, verse 11, where Paul writes, Luke alone is with me, get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry. That's an astounding change.…
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…is with me. What does that tell you about old Luke, Dr. Luke? He was loyal, right? And he was there when no one else was. That's talked about in2 Timothy 4, verse 11. But Luke's status as an outsider of sorts, it shouldn't cause us to doubt whether we can trust what he writes. He tells Theophilus and us, by the…
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…chapter 4, verse 10. He mentions John Mark there and he talks about receiving him. But then really the main one that I would have you look at is2 Timothy, chapter 4, verse 11. Obviously, you know, Paul wrote 2nd Timothy and he's writing it to Timothy, the young pastor. And in verse number 11, he says, only Luke is with…
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…Timothy, one of the last books that Paul wrote. Paul's dying. He's in prison. He knows he's not going to get out. And this is what he writes in2 Timothy chapter 4, verse 9 to 11. Do your best to come to me soon. For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Cresons has gone to…
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…as his fellow worker. In Colossians 4, verse 10, he commands Mark, the cousin of Barnabas, to the Colossian church. And then, most movingly, in2 Timothy, chapter 4, verse 11, I think I have this to show on the projector. Toward the end of his life, after Paul had been abandoned by almost everyone, he writes to Timothy…
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…that precious? He shows back up in this way. And then again, in Paul's second imprisonment, the very last letter that he ever wrote to Timothy,2 Timothy, chapter 4, verse 11, the very end of his life here, he writes to Timothy, Do your best to come to me soon, for Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me…
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