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Paul Brings Up His Jewish Brothers (TMF:2904)

Thursday, June 25, 2026
Peace to Live By: Paul Brings Up His Jewish Brothers (TMF:2904) - Daniel Litton
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       Now, Jesus who is called Justus—he is named along with Aristarchus and Mark as the only Jewish men who were currently working him for the sake of the spreading the Gospel along. Thus, Paul had other workers, which were Gentiles workers, but these were the only three Jewish guys, at least, at the time of his writing of Colossians. He probably comments, “they have been a comfort to me” because they shared this same kind of background that Paul himself had—that of being a Jew. The way Paul says it, that these were “the only men of the circumcision among [his] fellow workers” shows that Paul had more success in working with the Gentiles versus the Jews. Of course, he was the Apostle to the Gentiles, but we remember what he remarked to the Roman believers, who were Gentiles themselves, concerning his fellow kinsmen in the flesh. There, he said, “Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved” (10:1, ESV). Paul always had his mind on his people, and yet interestingly, God had called him to go to the Gentiles.