2 Timotheus 1:17

17 sondern als er in Rom war, suchte er mich fleißig auf und fand mich.

2 Timotheus 1:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Timothy 1:17

But when he was in Rome
Upon some business or another, where the apostle was a prisoner:

he sought me out very diligently,
and found me; as there might be many prisons in Rome, he went from one to another, till he found him; and was one of those to whom Christ will say hereafter, "I was in prison and ye came unto me", ( Matthew 25:36 ) or the reason of his going from place to place in quest of him was this; the apostle was not in any particular place of confinement, but had a lodging where he was kept by a soldier, and which with some difficulty Onesiphorus found out: the manner of his bonds was this; he had a long chain fastened at one end to his right arm, and at the other to the left arm of the soldier that kept him, who constantly attended him in this form, wherever he went; and it is possible that in this way he might have liberty to go about and visit his friends; and this might still make it more difficult for Onesiphorus to find him.

2 Timotheus 1:17 In-Context

15 Du weißt dieses, daß alle, die in Asien sind, sich von mir abgewandt haben, unter welchen Phygelus ist und Hermogenes.

16 Der Herr gebe dem Hause des Onesiphorus Barmherzigkeit, denn er hat mich oft erquickt und sich meiner Kette nicht geschämt;

17 sondern als er in Rom war, suchte er mich fleißig auf und fand mich.

18 Der Herr gebe ihm, daß er von seiten des Herrn Barmherzigkeit finde an jenem Tage! Und wieviel er in Ephesus diente, weißt du am besten.