2 Timothy 4:6

For I am now ready to be offered [ε γ ω γ α ρ η δ η σ π ε ν δ ο μ α ι]. I, emphatic contrast with su thou, verse 5. Already. What he is now suffering is the beginning of the end. Spendesqai to be poured out as a libation, only here and Philippians 2:17 (note). In the active voice quite often in LXX

Departure [α ν α λ υ σ ε ω ς]. N. T. o. o LXX Comp. ajnalusai to depart, Philippians 1:23. The figure is explained by some of loosing a Ship from its moorings; by others of breaking camp. In Philippians the latter is the more probable explanation, because Paul's situation in the Custody of the Praetorians at Rome would naturally suggest a military metaphor, and because he is habitually sparing of nautical metaphors. Comp. 2 Corinthians 5:1, and Clement of Rome, ad Corinth. 44 "Blessed are the presbyters who have gone before, seeing that their departure [α ν α λ υ σ ι ν] was fruitful and ripe."