2 Timothy 4:12 Tychicus sent .. Epistolary aorist, "I am sending", most scholars believe he was the bearer of this letter to Timothy. Tychicus .. tik΄i-kus : Mentioned 5 times in the New Testament (Acts 20:4; Ephesians 6:21; Colossians 4:7; 2 Timothy 4:12; Titus 3:12); an Asiatic Christian, a friend and companion of the apostle Paul. Acts 20:4, Acts 21:29 an Asian co-worker apparently of Ephesus. Tychicus and Trophimus were of the eight friends who accompanied Paul at the end of the 3rd missionary journey.[ see 1 Corinthians 16:3-4; 2 Corinthians 8:19-20 ] 2 Timothy 4:20