But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.
Ver. 17. He sought me out very diligently] σπουδαιοτερον, with vehement desire and intention of affection, not as a coward seeks after his enemy, whom he hopes he shall never find, but as Saul sought David, or as the wise men the babe of Bethlehem, &c.
Verse 17. _WHEN HE WAS IN ROME_] Onesiphorus was no doubt an Asiatic, (probably an Ephesian, see below,) who had frequent business at Rome; and when he came sought out the apostle, who, it is suppose...
BUT WHEN HE WAS IN ROME - What was the employment of Onesiphorus is not known. It may have been that he was a merchant, and had occasion to visit Rome on business. At all events, he was at pains to se...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. PAUL'S PERSONAL WORD TO TIMOTHY CHAPTER 1 _ 1. Paul's affectionate words and confidence (2 Timothy 1:1)_ 2. Difficulties and assurance (2 Timothy 1:6) 3. Holding the fo...
(_c_) 2 Timothy 1:15. A PERSONAL APPEAL._ The apostle's earlier disappointments_ form the third ground of appeal. All his Asian friends perhaps by withholding help in his captivity had proved disloyal...
AN APOSTLE'S GLORY AND AN APOSTLE'S PRIVILEGE (2 Timothy 1:1-7)...
You know this, that as a whole the people who live in Asia deserted me, and among the deserters are Phygelus and Hermogenes. May the Lord give mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refr...
A Sad Warning and a Bright Example The connexion is: -Many faithless ones failed me; be thou faithful all the more: the faith and practice of an Onesiphorus may surely be thine....
_when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently_ It is the simple verb, and, according to the best mss., the positive not the comparative adverb, HE SOUGHT ME DILIGENTLY. What -close confinemen...
THE LONELINESS OF ST PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF ONESIPHORUS...
ΣΠΟΥΔΑΊΩΣ. So אCD2*GP and the old Latin; the rec. text has σπουδαιότερον with D2cEKL, A reading σπουδαιοτέρως (possibly from a reminiscence of Philippians 2:28). 17. ἈΛΛᾺ ΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΟΣ ἘΝ ῬΏΜΗΙ, _but whe...
ΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΟΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться, быть, прибывать. _Temp. part._, "когда он прибыл и был там" (Ellicott). _Aor_ указывает на специфическое действие, ΣΠΟΥΔΑΊΟΣ (G4709...
c. Onesiphorus 2 Timothy 1:15-18 _TEXT 1:15-18_ 15 This thou knowest, that all that are in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. 16 The Lord grant mercy unto the house of On...
But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me. VERY DILIGENTLY, [ spoudaioteroos (G4708)] - the more diligently as I was a prisoner. FOUND ME - after an anxious search...
2 Timothy had been with the apostle in Rome, whence he was probably sent to Philippi (Php_2:19). The most loving and intimate relations existed between them, and Paul continually refers to him as his...
EXPRESSIONS OF AFFECTION AND EXHORTATIONS TO FAITHFULNESS 1, 2. Salutation. According to the promise of life] St. Paul declares himself appointed an Apostle with the view of his spreading the knowled...
HOW WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO DO GOD’S WORK 2 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ ABOUT THIS LETTER THE WRITER AND TO WHOM HE WROTE At the end of the book of Acts, the *apostle Paul was still in pri...
BUT, WHEN HE WAS IN ROME, HE SOUGHT ME OUT VERY DILIGENTLY, AND FOUND ME. — But, on the contrary, instead of fear — far from being ashamed — he, when he arrived in Rome, sought me out. This must have...
CHAPTER 28 THE HEARTLESSNESS OF PHYGELUS AND HERMOGENES-THE DEVOTION OF ONESIPHORUS-PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD. - 2 Timothy 1:15 WE have here one of the arguments which St. Paul makes use of in urging his...
to 2 Timothy 2:2. The leading thoughts in this section are (_a_) the Day of reward and judgment which is surely coming (2 Timothy 1:12; 2 Timothy 1:18), (_b_) the unreasonableness therefore of cowardl...
γενόμενος ἐν Ῥώμῃ : The reference is most likely to the apostle's first Roman imprisonment, Ephesians 6:20. Whichever it was, πολλάκις implies that it had lasted some time....
“HOLD THE PATTERN OF SOUND WORDS” 2 Timothy 1:12 How striking Paul's reference to the double committal, as if there had been an agreed exchange between his Master and himself! Paul had handed over to...
The second letter to Timothy was written from prison. Paul, conscious of the evil existing in the Church, forecast the terrible days that were coming. He was conscious also of the grave responsibility...
AN INJUNCTION TO STEADFASTNESS The apostle urged Timothy to hold tight to the “pattern of sound words.” The word translated "pattern" is the Greek word hupo-tuposis. Joseph Thayer, in his Greek-Englis...
(14) That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. (15) В¶ This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus...
Turning to the SECOND EPISTLE, we find that, although there is the same grand truth of the Saviour God maintained, the state of things had become sensibly worse, and the hour for the apostle's departu...
The Second Epistle to Timothy has a very peculiar character. It is the expression of his heart, who out side Palestine had, under God, founded and built the assembly of God on earth, and it was writte...
BUT WHEN HE WAS IN ROME,.... Upon some business or another, where the apostle was a prisoner: HE SOUGHT ME OUT VERY DILIGENTLY, and found me; as there might be many prisons in Rome, he went from one...
_This thou knowest_ Of this thou hast received information; _that all they which are in Asia_ He appears to mean those of Asia who were known to him by a profession of Christianity, and who had attend...
BUT, WHEN HE WAS IN ROME, HE SOUGHT ME OUT VERY DILIGENTLY AND FOUND ME....
PAUL'S SORROWFUL AND CHEERFUL EXPERIENCES. 2 Timothy 1:15...
Despite the fact of his heart being so drawn out in this epistle, Paul writes as "an apostle," not as a servant, nor even as a brother. Does this not stress the strongly authoritative character of tha...
15-18 The apostle mentions the constancy of Onesiphorus; he oft refreshed him with his letters, and counsels, and comforts, and was not ashamed of him. A good man will seek to do good. The day of dea...
BUT WHEN HE WAS IN ROME, whither he might go upon his private occasions, and, being there, HE SOUGHT ME OUT VERY DILIGENTLY AND FOUND ME; he made it his business to find out Paul, and rested not until...
2 Timothy 1:17 but G235 arrived G1096 (G5637) in G1722 Rome G4516 sought G2212 me G3165 out G2212 ...
2 Timothy 1:17. WHEN HE WAS IN BORNE. It follows from this that he had left it, or, as above, was dead, at the time when St. Paul wrote. SOUGHT ME OUT VERY DILIGENTLY. Literally, ‘ _more diligently,'...
WHEN HE WAS IN ROME (γενομενος εν Ρομη). Second aorist middle participle of γινομα (coming to Rome, happening in Rome).HE SOUGHT ME DILIGENTLY AND FOUND ME (σπουδαιως εζητησεν με κα ευρεν). Effec...
2 Timothy 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,_ Paul takes high ground. He is not an apostle by the will of the Church...
2 Timothy 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, to Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the...
CONTENTS: Apostolic greetings and exhortations to Timothy. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Timothy, Eunice, Phygelus, Hermogenes, Onesiphorus. CONCLUSION: The best of Christ's servants ne...
2 Timothy 1:1. _Paul according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus._ On this promise of eternal life the whole system of revelation is built; for this cause Paul was made an apostle, that...
BUT AS SOON. He came to Rome from Ephesus, and immediately searched through the different prisons to find Paul....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Timothy 1:15. TURNED AWAY FROM ME.—This does not mean that they had departed from the place where he was, but that they had turned away their faces from him. 2 Timo...
EXPOSITION 2 TIMOTHY 1:1 _Christ Jesus _for _Jesus Christ, _A.V. and T.R.; _the life _for _life, _A.V. The life is a little clearer than _life, _as showing that "life" (not "promise") is the antecede...
Vers. 16, 17. There was, however, a noble exception to this faint-hearted procedure: _The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, because he ofttimes refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain...
Shall we turn now to second Timothy? This is the last epistle that Paul wrote. He is again in prison in Rome. It would seem that he was released from the first imprisonment and allowed a little more t...
Acts 28:30; Acts 28:31...
THE UPS AND DOWNS OF A CHRISTIAN 2 Timothy 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is a mistake to imagine that those who walk with Christ will find a level pathway without any valley or any mountain top, a path...