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Second Timothy I. 16-18. 199
ment, had "been ashamed of him, and treated him with neglect. So
Chrysostom and Theodorct. Such must be the import of the dneorpd(pr]odv
^le, as the contrast in ver. 16, and the entire context shew.
It denotes therefore not falling from the faith, but the same, perhaps,
as ty/careAmov /ue, iv. 16 (comp. Tit. i. 14 on the expression).
This construction would seem (see Mack) rather to require ol ek
rfjg 'A., than ol ev ry 'A. The only explanation seems to be that of
De Wette and others, that the persons mentioned had already returned
home, and hence are denoted as ol iv rfi 'A. The navr eg ol
presupposes Timothy's cognizance of the matter ; though Mack
thinks that the apostle speaks of a formal apostacy, occasioned by
his imprisonment. But such a " turning away" does not harmonize
with the connexion, and even then, apart from what is here said,
-ndvTeg must assuredly be subjected to the necessary restriction.
Those particularly adduced, perhaps as better known, are otherwise
unknown to us. On "Asia," comp. Winer's R.W.B., Wieseler, ubi
supra, p. 31, seq. De Wette says justly : this assumption of Timothy's
acquaintance with the conduct of these Asiatics, implies his
residence in Asia Minor ; ver. 18 points even to Ephesus ; comp.
the Introduction.
Vers. 16-18.—With the example of the unstable Paul contrasts
that of Onesiphorus. This man, mentioned here and at iv. 19, is
also otherwise unknown to us. The mode of mentioning him, the
Divine mercy being here invoked upon his house, and upon himself
only at the day of judgment, and the greeting at iv. 19, being restricted
to his house, justify the inference that he was dead. Thus
much is clear regarding him, that he had come from Ephesus to
Rome, and rendered affectionate service to the imprisoned apostle.
The mercy (t-Aeof), wished to him, corresponds to his own treatment
of the apostle :
" he often refreshed me," etc. The word dvaij).
(properly refresh by cool breath of air, then refresh in general :
Kaddnep d6?ir}T7]v riva vnb avxfiov ovvex6(ievov rcov 6Xixp£(jjv r/jg dva\l)v^eo)g
7]^L0)otVj Theophylact), only here ;
dvaipv^ig^ Acts iii. 19 ; common in
the LXX., and the classics ; similarly dvaiTavEiv^ Philem. 7. There
is no ground for taking the " i-efreshment" as exclusively physical.
The added clause, " was not ashamed of my chains," points back to
\er, 8, and shews the design of this mention of Onesiphorus.
"KTivaig,
as Eph. vi. 20, etc. On 6(1)7} for 6oir], Winer's Or., § 14, 1. On the
reading inaLoxvvd/] for i-n'qaxvvdr]^ id., § 12, at close. While the
apostle touches but slightly on the conduct of those who turned
away, he lingers with grateful love on the mention of Onesiphorus.
On coming to Rome he sought him diligently (anovdaiorepov, not
contrasted with the conduct of the wavering, but with the rrjv dX.
ovK kixr\cs. = far from being deterred by his imprisonment, he sought
him all the more diligently), and found him. " The Lord grant