2 TIMOTHY 4:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.”
At my first defense, no one came to support me, but all deserted me. May it not be counted against them. — Paul's courtroom abandonment (pantes me enkataleipsan): all allies failed to provide legal hypomnēsis (support). His magnanimity (praying it not be counted against them) reflects Christ-like forgiveness.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 4:16
“At my first answer,” he says, “no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.” Do you see how he spares his friends, notwithstanding it was a grievous thing they had done? For it is not the same thing to be despised by aliens, as by our own friends. Do you see his intense dejection? It cannot be said, that I was assailed by those without, but had comfort in the attention and support of my friends; for these also betrayed…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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