2 Timotheus 4:16

16 In meiner ersten Verantwortung stand mir niemand bei, sondern sie verließen mich alle. Es sei ihnen nicht zugerechnet.

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2 Timotheus 4:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Timothy 4:16

At my first answer no man stood with me
Meaning, that when he made his first defence against the charges laid unto him in one of the courts of judicature in Rome, no man appeared in his cause, to speak to his character, to be a witness for him, or plead his cause:

but all men forsook me;
all his friends, all that came with him from Judea, or from Asia; see ( 2 Timothy 1:15 ) being timorous of coming into danger, and of the loss of their lives; as the disciples of Christ were, when he was apprehended, who all at that time forsook him and fled:

[I pray God] that it may not be laid to their charge;
that this sin may not be imputed to them, or they be punished for it, but that it might be pardoned; so differently does he express himself on the account of these, than on the account of the coppersmith; he sinning through malice, wilfully and obstinately, these through surprise, temptation, and weakness.

2 Timotheus 4:16 In-Context

14 Alexander, der Schmied, hat mir viel Böses bewiesen; der HERR bezahle ihm nach seinen Werken.
15 Vor dem hüte du dich auch; denn er hat unsern Worten sehr widerstanden.
16 In meiner ersten Verantwortung stand mir niemand bei, sondern sie verließen mich alle. Es sei ihnen nicht zugerechnet.
17 Der HERR aber stand mir bei und stärkte mich, auf daß durch mich die Predigt bestätigt würde und alle Heiden sie hörten; und ich ward erlöst von des Löwen Rachen.
18 Der HERR aber wird mich erlösen von allem Übel und mir aushelfen zu seinem himmlischen Reich; welchem sei Ehre von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit! Amen.
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