2 Timothy 4:13
The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the *parchments.
The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.
τὸν φελόνην ὃν ἀπέλιπον ἐν Τρωάδι παρὰ Κάρπῳ, ἐρχόμενος φέρε, καὶ τὰ βιβλία, μάλιστα τὰς μεμβράνας.
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parchments-scrolls made of animal skins.
was a city in Asia, where we find Paul more than once, Act 16:8,20:5; he preached Christ there, 2Co 2:12. There Paul left an upper garment with one Carpus, which probably (having no great wardrobe) he might want, being a prisoner. And the books, but especially the parchments; interpreters idly busy themselves in inquiring after what they can never find out, what these books were, or what was written in these parchments.