ACC ~ 2 Timothy 4 v13

BRING THE COAT. CHRYSOSTOM: This phailonēn may mean a garment, or, as some say, a bag, in which the books were contained. HOMILIES ON 2 TIMOTHY 10.

A GARMENT. THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: The view that this paenula is some other kind of book, rather than just a garment, is ridiculous. COMMENTARY ON 2 TIMOTHY.

THE DRESS OF A ROMAN CITIZEN. AMBROSIASTER: The paenula is the distinctive dress of a Roman citizen, thus a garment that Paul would have needed on his journeys to identify him as such. COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND LETTER TO TIMOTHY.

THE PATRIMONY OF BOOKS. CHRYSOSTOM: What had he to do with books, who was about to depart and go to God? He needed them much, that he might deposit them in the hands of the faithful, who would retain them in place of his own teaching. HOMILIES ON 2 TIMOTHY 10.

BOOKS AND PARCHMENTS. THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: Paul makes a distinction here between the parchment volumina, which are in the form of scrolls, and the regular libros, which are in book or codex form. COMMENTARY ON 2 TIMOTHY.

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