Filippenzen 2:26

26 Dewijl hij zeer begerig was naar u allen, en zeer beangst was, omdat gij gehoord hadt, dat hij krank was.

Filippenzen 2:26 Meaning and Commentary

Philippians 2:26

For he longed after you
This verse and ( Philippians 2:28 ) contain the reasons of the apostle's sending him; and the first is, because he had a very vehement and longing desire after all of them; to see them, as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions add, and as it is read in the Alexandrian and Claromontane copies, and in others: it was not the city of Philippi he longed to see, which might be his native place, nor his natural relations and family, but the church there; and not the officers of it only, the bishops and deacons, but all the members of it, rich and poor, high and low, strong and weak believers:

and was full of heaviness:
almost pressed down, quite disheartened and dispirited, ready to sink and die away, not so much with his own disorder and illness, as with sorrow on account of the church at Philippi:

because that ye had heard that he had been sick:
he understood that the news of his sickness had reached them, and he knew how distressing it would be to them, that it would cut them to the heart, and press them heavily, fearing they should never see his face, nor hear his voice more. We have here an instance of that mutual love, tender affection and sympathy; which were in the first churches, and what subsisted between ministers and people; see how they loved one another! but, alas! this first love is left.

Filippenzen 2:26 In-Context

24 Doch ik vertrouw in den Heere, dat ik ook zelf haast tot u komen zal.

25 Maar ik heb nodig geacht tot u te zenden Epafroditus, mijn broeder, en medearbeider en medestrijder, en uw afgezondene, en bedienaar mijner nooddruft;

26 Dewijl hij zeer begerig was naar u allen, en zeer beangst was, omdat gij gehoord hadt, dat hij krank was.

27 En hij is ook krank geweest tot nabij den dood; maar God heeft Zich zijner ontfermd; en niet alleen zijner, maar ook mijner, opdat ik niet droefheid op droefheid zou hebben.

28 Zo heb ik dan hem te spoediger gezonden, opdat gij, hem ziende, wederom u zoudt verblijden, en ik te min zou droevig zijn.