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2Ti 4:17. Ὁ δὲ Κύριος, but the Lord) the more on this account.-παρέστη, stood by me) This is more than παραγίνεσθαι, to be present.-ἐνεδυνάμωσε, strengthened me) The opposite is, forsook.-ἵνα διʼ ἑμοῦ, that by me) One single occasion is often of the greatest moment.-πάντα τὰ ἔθνη all the Gentiles) of whom Rome was the capital.-ἐῤῥύσθην ἐκ στόματος λέοντος, I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion) Psa 22:22, σῶσόν με ἐκ στόματος λέοντος. We may suppose that Paul had seen a vision under the form of a lion. The lion signifies either Nero, or some one who threatened danger. It is at all events a figurative expression; for he would have said, from the mouth of the lions, if he intended beasts without a figure. I was delivered, he says, not He delivered me, because, that the Lord had done it, was not outwardly apparent.