2 Timothy 4:6 BSB — MannaFest

2 Timothy 4:6

For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure is come.

KJV

For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

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Commentary

4 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For I am now ready to be offered - Ηδη σπενδομαι· I am already poured out as a libation. See the note on Php 2:17. He considers himself as on the eve of being sacrificed, and looks upon his blood as the libation which was poured on the sacrificial offering. He could not have spoken thus positively had not the sentence of death been already passed upon him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It alludes to the pouring out of the drink-offerings; for the blood of the martyrs, though it was not a sacrifice of atonement, was a sacrifice of acknowledgment to the honour of the grace of God and his truths.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 989: “A Last Look-Out” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1871)

SO NEAR, SO VERY NEAR THE CHANGE—his removal from this to another world; and so very conscious of it; yet Paul looked back with calm satisfaction; he looked forward with sweet assurance; and he looked round with deepest interest on the mission that had engaged his life. As you must have noticed while we were reading the chapter, in his case “the ruling passion was strong in death.”

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Greek, "For I am already being offered"; literally, as a libation; appropriate to the shedding of his blood. Every sacrifice began with an initiatory libation on the victim's head (compare Note, see on Php 2:17). A motive to stimulate Timothy to faithfulness--the departure and final blessedness of Paul; it is the end that crowns the work [BENGEL].

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἐγὼ	Egō	I myself	G1473 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἤδη	ēdē	already	G2235 →
σπένδομαι,	spendomai	am being poured out,	G4689 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
καιρὸς	kairos	time	G2540 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
ἀναλύσεώς	analuseōs	departure	G359 →
μου	mou	of me	G3165 →
ἐφέστηκεν.	ephestēken	has come.	G2186 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Philippians 1:23
I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:8
  We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
- Psalms 17:15
  As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
- Revelation 14:13
  And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors,…
Through
Joshua 23:14
Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to…
leads to
- Luke 21:33
  Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- 1 Kings 2:2
  “I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man.
- Leviticus 26:3–13
  If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,
- Ecclesiastes 9:10
  Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- Joshua 21:43–45
  Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.