Hebrews 13:19

“But I beseech you the rather to do this, etc..] To pray earnestly; to strive together in their prayers for them, ( <451530>Romans 15:30-32) that I may be restored to you the sooner: Christ's ministers are sometimes hindered from being with their people, through Satan, or his emissaries, creating troubles, or casting them into prison; which might be the apostle's case now; but God can make their way through all; and for this he should be prayed unto.”

“the rather--Greek, "I the more abundantly beseech you." to do this--to pray for me. that I may be restored to you-- (Plm 1:22). It is here first in the letter he mentions himself, in a way so unobtrusive, as not to prejudice his Hebrew readers against him, which would have been the result had he commenced this as his other Epistles, with authoritatively announcing his name and apostolic commission.”

“That I may be restored to you the sooner - It is here clearly implied that the writer was deterred from visiting them by some adverse circumstances over which he had no control. This might be either by imprisonment, or sickness, or the want of a convenient opportunity of reaching them. The probability is, judging particularly from the statement in Hebrews 13:23, that he was then a prisoner, and that his detention was on that account; see Introduction, section 4 (6). The language here is such as Paul would use on the supposition that he was then a prisoner at Rome, and this is a slight circumstance going to show the probability that the Epistle was composed by him. return to 'Top of Page'”

“that I: Rom 1:10-12, Rom 15:31, Rom 15:32; Plm 1:22 Hebrews 13:20”