Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)
2 Timothy 4:17
Out of the mouth of the lion; according to some, literally, by being saved from death by wild beasts. According to others, the words are figuratively spoken of the Roman emperor Nero.
Out of the mouth of the lion; according to some, literally, by being saved from death by wild beasts. According to others, the words are figuratively spoken of the Roman emperor Nero.
Verse 17. _THE LORD STOOD WITH ME_] When all human help failed, God, in a more remarkable manner, interposed; and thus the excellency plainly appeared to be of God, and not of man. _THAT BY ME THE P...
NOTWITHSTANDING THE LORD STOOD WITH ME - Though all “men” forsook me, yet “God” did not. This expresses a universal truth in regard to the faithfulness of God; see Psalms 27:10; compare Job 5:17; Isai...
IV. THE LAST WORDS OF THE APOSTLE CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The last charge (2 Timothy 4:1)_ 2. His last testimony (2 Timothy 4:6) 3. The last personal messages (2 Timothy 4:9)...
PERSONAL REQUESTS AND PERSONAL NEWS. Timothy's summons to Rome seems inconsistent with the discharge of the duties just enforced. If the letter is a unity, its main instructions may concern his condu...
PAUL'S GROUNDS OF APPEAL (2 Timothy 4:1-5)...
At my first defense no one was there to stand by me, but all forsook me. May it not be reckoned against them! But the Lord stood beside me, and he strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation...
NOTWITHSTANDING. But. STRENGTHENED. See Acts 9:22. THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina._ by. App-104. 2 Timothy 4:1. PREACHING. App-121.8, FULLY KNOWN. See 2 Timothy 4:5. deli
_the Lord stood with me_ Again TOOK MY PART. _strengthened me_ -Infused strength into me." Cf. 1 Timothy 1:12; Philippians 4:13. _the preaching might be fully known_ Lit. - THE MESSAGE preached," as...
The scattering of friends. Entreaty for Timothy's presence. Assurance of the Lord's present help The connexion is: -Do your best to come to me to come with all speed to come before the winter stops y...
-Then came my first trial at Rome; Alexander was as nothing compared to "the lion"; I was alone, yet "not alone"; the Lord delivered me; and He will deliver me, even through and out of death Safe home...
THE APOSTLE’S LONELINESS, AND HIS FAITH...
ἈΚΟΎΣΩΣΙΝ. The rec. text has ἀκούσῃ with KL. 17. Ὁ ΔῈ ΚΎΡΙΌΣ ΜΟΙ ΠΑΡΈΣΤΗ, _but_, in contrast to man’s unfaithfulness, _the Lord_, sc. Christ, _stood by me_. ΚΑῚ ἘΝΕΔΥΝΆΜΩΣΈΝ ΜΕ, _and strengthened me...
ΠΑΡΈΣΤΗ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G3936) стоять рядом, ΈΝΕΔΥΝΆΜΩΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΝΔΥΝΑΜΌΩ (G1743) усиливать, укреплять. ΚΉΡΥΓΜΑ (G2782) объявление, то, что провозглашается или проповеду...
MIGHT BE FULLY KNOWN,— Πληροφορηθη,— _might be carried on with confidence._ It was a glorious testimony to the honour of Christianity, that the apostle couldthuscourageouslymaintainit, when all his fr...
PRAISE FOR HIS LORD 2 Timothy 4:16-18 _TEXT 4:16-18_ 16 At my first defence no one took my part, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their account. 17 But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened...
Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion....
12 This is a crucial test of our true state. Are we suffering persecution? If not, are we in earnest in our will to live devoutly in Christ Jesus? All who tread this path will be persecuted. Paul hims...
ST. PAUL'S LAST MESSAGES AND COUNSELS 1-8. The Apostle, knowing that his days are fast drawing to a close, exhorts Timothy to increased diligence and earnestness in his teaching, in view of the immin...
HOW WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO DO GOD’S WORK 2 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 4 *PREACH THE *GOSPEL AND TEACH THE TRUTH (4:1-5) V1 This command I give to you with God and the *Lord Jesus...
NOTWITHSTANDING THE LORD STOOD WITH ME, AND STRENGTHENED ME. — Though men deserted him, yet One — even his Lord (Christ), who could do more for him than any friend, or advocate, or protector of earth...
CHAPTER 37 THE APOSTLE FORSAKEN BY MEN BUT STRENGTHENED BY THE LORD-THE MISSION TO THE GENTILES COMPLETED THE SURE HOPE AND THE FINAL HYMN OF PRAISE. - 2 Timothy 4:16 THERE is a general agreement at...
I have spoken of my present loneliness. Yet I have no justification for depression; for since I came to Rome I have had experience, at my preliminary trial, that God is a loyal protector when earthly...
παρέστη : _The Lord was my “patronus,” cf._ Romans 16:2. But the word is used in a purely local sense of the felt presence of a Divine Being in reff. in Acts. ἐνεδυνάμωσεν : See note on 1 Timothy 1:1...
“THE LORD STOOD BY ME” 2 Timothy 4:13 The winter was approaching, and the Apostle would be glad of his cloak amid the damp of the Mamertine prison. Evidently his arrest under Nero's orders had been s...
As the result of these charges, the apostle shows what Timothy's attitude must be toward those over whom he has oversight. There are four things which he must do. "Preach the Word," "reprove," "rebuke...
THE LORD STOOD WITH PAUL Though we do not know precisely when he made his first answer to the charges pressed against him, it is sad to hear this great man of God had not one friend to stand by him a...
Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and [that] all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the (e) lion...
The Lord stood, &c. All agree that Nero is here meant by the lion. St. John Chrysostom thinks that St. Paul was set at liberty after this first justification of his conduct, but that having afterwards...
(9) В¶ Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: (10) For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. (11) Onl...
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 LORD’S PRESENCE_ ‘Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me and strengthened me.’ 2 Timothy 4:17 In the terror of that time, when to be a Christian was to be at least, in public opinion, an athei...
17_But the Lord assisted me _He adds this, in order to remove the scandal which he saw might arise from that base desertion of his cause. (206) Though the church at Rome had failed to perform its duty...
Does this perfect and supreme authority of the scriptures set aside ministry ? By no means; it is the foundation of the ministry of the word. One is a minister of the word; one proclaims the word rest...
NOTWITHSTANDING THE LORD STOOD WITH ME,.... Either personally appearing to him, as in Acts 23:11 or by the ministry of an angel, Acts 27:23 or else by granting him his gracious presence, which was wha...
Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and _that_ all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. V...
_Notwithstanding_ I was not left entirely destitute; for, though men forsook me, _the Lord stood with me_ According to his promise, Luke 21:15; _and strengthened me_ With that inward fortitude of mind...
NOTWITHSTANDING THE LORD STOOD WITH ME AND STRENGTHENED ME, THAT BY ME THE PREACHING MIGHT BE FULLY KNOWN, AND THAT ALL THE GENTILES MIGHT HEAR; AND I WAS DELIVERED OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE LION....
Concerning the first hearing:...
The apostle writes this last chapter with a deepening sense in his soul of the nearness of his martyrdom; and it is most precious to observe how the solemnity of his charge to Timothy is mingled with...
14-18 There is as much danger from false brethren, as from open enemies. It is dangerous having to do with those who would be enemies to such a man as Paul. The Christians at Rome were forward to mee...
NOTWITHSTANDING THE LORD STOOD WITH ME; that is, did not leave me. It is opened by the next word, AND STRENGTHENED ME; he gave me courage and inward ability, so as I was able to plead, and to defend m...
2 Timothy 4:17 But G1161 Lord G2962 stood G3936 (G5627) me G3427 and G2532 strengthened G1743 (G5656) me...
2 Timothy 4:17. THE LORD STOOD BY ME. The words may imply only, as they would with us, the consciousness of help and comfort coming as from a Divine friend; but, looking to such records as those of th...
BUT THE LORD STOOD BY ME (ο δε κυριος μο παρεστη). Second aorist active of παριστημ (intransitive use), "took his stand by my side." See Romans 16:2. Clearly Jesus appeared to Paul now at this cris...
CONTENTS: Christ's faithful servant and the faithfulness of Christ to His own. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Demas, Timothy, Luke, Mark, Tychicus, Carpus, Alexander, Prisca, Aquila, Onesiphorus, Era...
2 Timothy 4:1. _I charge thee therefore before God preach the word._ Paul speaks here as a dying man, soon to appear before the throne of God and the Lamb. Soldiers must not sleep in war without a wat...
BUT THE LORD. Here was the source of Paul's confidence. The Lord was with him!!! SO THAT I WAS ABLE. _MacKnight_ thinks this means he preached the Good News to Nero himself, or at least one of his rep...
_All men forsook me._ PAUL, A CHRISTIAN’S EXAMPLE I. Paul forsaken, and yet forgiving those who had withdrawn from him. 1. The apostle was forsaken by his friends when most he needed them. 2. Paul...
2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 4:9 Conclusion. Paul closes with some final comments concerning travel, and greetings. The key themes of the letter continue even here....
2 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 2 TIMOTHY 4:17 Deliverance from the LION’S MOUTH was a common biblical metaphor for rescue from great danger (see Psalms 22:21;...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Timothy 4:16. AT MY FIRST ANSWER.—R.V. “defence” (Gr. ἀπολογίᾳ). On his first appearance in the emperor’s court. NO ONE STOOD WITH ME.—R.V. “took my part,” _i.e._ as...
EXPOSITION 2 TIMOTHY 4:1 _In the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus _for _therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, _A.V. and T.R.; _and by _for _at, _A.V. and T.R. I CHARGE THEE (διαμαρτύρομαι...
Ver. 17. Though alone in one sense, however, the apostle was far from being alone in another: he had better and nobler defences than, human advocates or intercessors could provide: _But the Lord stood...
Paul said to Timothy, I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ (2 Timothy 4:1), Hey, that's heavy duty, man, when you charge a person before God and before the Lord Jesus Christ. Laying a...
1 Peter 5:8; 2 Corinthians 12:9; 2 Peter 2:9; Acts 18:10; Acts 18:9;...
Strengthened [ε ν ε δ υ ν α μ ω σ ε ν]. See on 1 Timothy 1:12. The preaching [τ ο κ η ρ υ γ μ α]. Better, the message (par excellence), the gospel message. Usually with a defining word, as of Jonah; o...
OUR GUIDE AMONG THE WRECKAGE 2 Timothy 1:3; 2 Timothy 2:15; 2 Timothy 3:14; 2 Timothy 4:1;...
The preaching — The gospel which we preach....
That is, "Though man forsook me, God stood by me; the Lord Jesus strengthened me, that by me, thus standing up in the defence of the gospel, the preaching of it might be fully known, and that all the...