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NASB | Colossians 4:16 When this letter is read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and you, for your part read my letter that is coming from Laodicea. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Colossians 4:16 When this letter has been read among you, see that it is read in the church of the Laodiceans; and also that you in turn read my letter [that is coming to you] from Laodicea. |
Subject: Did Paul write the Laodiceans? |
Bible Note: Greetings Blaze and Tim! Thank you for some excellent and most interesting responses! I especially appreciate Tim's analysis of the letter to the Ephesians and his posting of the complete letter of Paul to the Laodiceans! These were excellent posts! The New Testament tells us that there were letters written that we don't have as New Testament canon. Among them are... - a missing epistle of Paul to the Corinthians (1 Cor. 5:9); - a missing epistle to the Ephesians (Eph. 3:3); - a missing epistle to the Colossians, which may have been written in Laodicea or there may be another letter written from or to the Laodicea (Col. 4:16); - a missing epistle of Jude (Jude 3). Moreover, the Vulgate records a letter Paul wrote to Laodicea. Is it possible that the letter to the Laodiceans in the Vulgate is the letter Paul was talking about in Col 4:16? Is this the same one that Tim posted earlier? http://www.giveshare.org/churchhistory/7churches/7church7.html tells us there were 6 cities named "Laodicea" and the letters gives us no hints as to which "Laodicea" is being referred to here. This may or may not be the same as the one mentioned in Revelations. The largest of these 6 cities was distinguished by the term, "Laodicea on the Lycus", but this term is not applied in this letter. There was a Laodicea in Greece (about 40 miles East of Ephesus on the banks of Lycus) and another in Syria. According to http://www.lazarusinternet.com/guide/footprints.htm, there was a large Jewish population in Laodicea of Turkey, where both Latin and Greek were in use as a common tongue. http://www2.britannica.com/search?query (equals)laodicea, tells us there are several cities in Western Asia by this name. Like both of you fellow brothers in Christ, I find this very interesting! Thank you for sharing the information! Blessings! Nolan |