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Php_2:23. Μὲν οὖν ] οὖν resumes Php_2:19, and to the μέν corresponds the δὲ in Php_2:24.
ὡς ἂν ἀπίδω κ . τ . λ .] when (of the time, see Klotz, ad Devar. p. 759, that is, as soon as, comp. on 1Co_11:34; Rom_15:24) I anyhow (by ἄν the matter is left to experience) shall have seen to the end (Jon_4:5). The latter, which expresses the perceiving from a distance (Herod. viii. 37; Dem. 1472. 15; Lucian, D. D. vi. 2), denotes the knowledge of the final course of matters to be expected,—only after which could it be decided whether or not he could spare the faithful Timothy for a time. The form ἀφίδω (Lachmann and Tischendorf) in A B* D* F G à is, on account of this weighty evidence, to be considered not as a copyist’s error, but as the original, and to be derived from the pronunciation of ἰδεῖν (with the digamma). Comp. on Act_4:29, and see Winer, p. 44 [E. T. p. 48]; J. B. Lightfoot ad loc.; Buttmann, Neut. Gr. p. 7 [E. T. p. 7].
τὰ περὶ ἐμέ ] the things about me, that is, the state of my affairs. Substantially not different from τὰ περὶ ἐμοῦ (Php_2:19 f.). See Kühner, ad Xen. Mem. i. 1. 20; Winer, p. 379 [E. T. p. 506].