Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Romans: Chapter 16].
second name can be either masculine or feminine. {Kinsmen}
(\suggeneis\). Probably only fellow-countrymen as in 9:13.
{Fellow-prisoners} (\sunaichmal•tus\). Late word and rare (in
Lucian). One of Paul's frequent compounds with \sun\. Literally,
fellow captives in war. Perhaps they had shared one of Paul's
numerous imprisonments (2Co 11:23). In N.T. only here, Phm
1:23; Col 4:10. {Of note} (\epis•moi\). Stamped, marked (\epi
s•ma\). Old word, only here and Mt 27:16 (bad sense) in N.T.
{Among the apostles} (\en tois apostolois\). Naturally this means
that they are counted among the apostles in the general sense
true of Barnabas, James, the brother of Christ, Silas, and
others. But it can mean simply that they were famous in the
circle of the apostles in the technical sense. {Who have been in
Christ before me} (\hoi kai pro emou gegonan en Christ•i\).
Andronicus and Junias were converted before Paul was. Note
\gegonan\ (_Koin•_ form by analogy) instead of the usual second
perfect active indicative form \gegonasin\, which some MSS. have.
The perfect tense notes that they are still in Christ.
16:8 {Ampliatus} (\Ampliaton\). Some MSS. have a contracted form
Amplias.
16:9 {Urbanus} (\Ourbanon\). "A common Roman slave name found
among members of the household" (Sanday and Headlam). A Latin
adjective from _urbs_, city (city-bred). {Stachys} (\Stachun\). A
Greek name, rare, but among members of the imperial household. It
means a head or ear of grain (Mt 12:1).
16:10 {Apelles} (\Apell•n\). A name among Jews and a famous
tragic actor also. {The approved} (\ton dokimon\). The tried and
true (1Co 11:19; 2Co 10:18; 13:7). {Them which are of the
household of Aristobulus} (\tous ek t•n Aristoboulou\). The
younger Aristobulus was a grandson of Herod the Great. Lightfoot
suggests that some of the servants in this household had become
Christians, Aristobulus being dead.
16:11 {Herodion} (\Her•idi•na\). Probably one belonging to the
Herod family like that above. {Kinsman} (\suggen•\). Merely
fellow-countryman. {Them of the household of Narcissus} (\tous ek
t•n Narkissou\). "Narcissiani." There was a famous freedman of
this name who was put to death by Agrippa. Perhaps members of his
household.
16:12 {Tryphaena and Tryphosa} (\Truphainan kai Truph•san\).
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