Vincent Word Studies - 2 Timothy 3:11 - 3:11

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Vincent Word Studies - 2 Timothy 3:11 - 3:11


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Persecutions, afflictions (διωγμοῖς, παθήμασιν)

Διωγμός persecution, only here in Pastorals. Occasionally in Paul. Πάθημα, only here in Pastorals. Often in Paul, usually in the sense of sufferings, but twice of sinful passions, Rom 7:5; Gal 5:24.

Antioch, Iconium, Lystra

See Act 13:50; Act 14:2 ff.; Act 14:19. These cities may have been selected as illustrations because Timothy was at home in that region. See Act 16:1, Act 16:2. Antioch is mentioned by Paul, Gal 2:11. Iconium and Lystra nowhere in his letters.

Delivered (ἐρύσατο)

Often in Paul. Originally, to draw to one's self; to draw out from peril. Paul, in Rom 11:26, applies the prophecy of Isa 59:20 to Christ, who is called a ὁ ῥυόμενος the deliverer, lxx.