2 Timothy 4:15

ἀντέστη. So א*ACD2*G 17. The rec. ἀνθέστηκε is supported by אcD2cEKLP &c.

15. λίαν γὰρ�, for he greatly withstood our words. The aorist (see crit. note) shews that the reference is to a definite act or acts of hostility, rather than to a long-continued attitude of ill-will, and thus it is not improbable that the ἡμέτεροι λόγοι which Alexander opposed were part of Paul’s ἀπολογία, when on his trial. Another explanation is that the ‘words’ were ‘the words of the Gospel,’ which St Paul preached. But this is not really inconsistent with the other hypothesis, for St Paul’s ἀπολογία amounted to a κήρυγμα τοῦ εὐαγγελίου (cp. 2 Timothy 4:17).