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| | Tychicus (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools |
 | | As Timothy was in charge of the church in Ephesus (1 Timothy 1:3), the coming of Tychicus would set him free, so as to enable him to set off at once to rejoin Paul at Rome, as the apostle desired him (2 Timothy 4:9, 2 Timothy 4:21). |
 | | It should also be noted that at Ephesus Tychicus would be able to visit his old friend Trophimus, who was, at that very time, only a few miles away, at Miletus, sick (2 Timothy 4:20). |
 | | It is possible that Tychicus is the brother referred to in 2 Corinthians 8:22-23 as one "whom we have many times proved earnest in many things.... |
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