Philippians Chapter 2 verse 26 Holy Bible
since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick:
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Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:
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since he had a longing desire after you all, and was distressed because ye had heard that he was sick;
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For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
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since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.
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seeing he was longing after you all, and in heaviness, because ye heard that he ailed,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 26. - For he longed after you all. The verb is strengthened by the preposition: "was eagerly longing." Perhaps it should be rendered. he "is longing;" like "I count it necessary," in Ver. 25. And was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. "Full of heaviness" (ἀδημονῶν) is the word used of our blessed Lord in his agony (Matthew 26:37). Some derive it from ἄδημος, he away from home; others, more probably, from ἄδην, in the sense of loathing, weariness, satiety. The word implies heart-sickness, restless; unsatisfied weariness, produced by some overwhelming distress.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(26) For he longed after you all. . . .--The two clauses of the verse are distinct from each other. St. Paul's first reason for sending Epaphroditus was in itself a sufficient one, that in his convalescence he yearned for home, and needed a change thither. The original is strong, because he was continually longing (see Philippians 1:8; Philippians 4:1) for you all. But besides this he was "full of heaviness," or more properly, distressed and uneasy, because of the effect which the news of his apparently fatal illness might cause at home.
