2 Timothy 4:17

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ Κύριός μοι παρέστη, καὶ ἐνεδυνάμωσέν με· ἵνα διʼ ἐμοῦ τὸ κήρυγμα πληροφορηθῇ, καὶ ἀκούσῃ πάντα τὰ Ἔθνη: καὶ ἐρρύσθην ἐκ στόματος λέοντος.

Transliteration

The de Kyrios to me parestē, and enedynamōsen me; that through emou the kērygma plērophorēthē, and akousē all the Ethnē: and errusthēn from stomatos of leontos.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *Kyrios*: noun, nominative masculine singular - Lord
• *parestē*: aorist indicative active, 3rd person singular - stood by/was present with
• *enedynamōsen*: aorist indicative active, 3rd person singular - strengthened/empowered
• *emou*: personal pronoun, genitive singular - me/my
• *kērygma*: noun, nominative neuter singular - proclamation/preaching
• *plērophorēthē*: subjunctive, aorist passive, 3rd person singular - might be fully proclaimed
• *akousē*: subjunctive, aorist active, 3rd person singular - might hear
• *Ethnē*: noun, nominative neuter plural - Gentiles/nations
• *errusthēn*: aorist indicative passive, 1st person singular - I was rescued/delivered
• *stomatos*: noun, genitive neuter singular - mouth
• *leontos*: noun, genitive masculine singular - lion

Word Meanings

• *parestē*: stood by/was present with/supported
• *enedynamōsen*: strengthened/empowered/enabled
• *kērygma*: proclamation/preaching/message
• *plērophorēthē*: might be fully proclaimed/fulfilled/completed
• *Ethnē*: Gentiles/nations/peoples
• *errusthēn*: was rescued/delivered/saved from
• *stomatos*: mouth/opening/jaws
• *leontos*: lion/powerful adversary

Referenced Verses

• Ps 22:21 : 21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
• Dan 6:22 : 22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
• Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
• 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
• Acts 23:11 : 11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
• Phil 1:12-14 : 12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; 13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; 14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
• 1 Sam 17:37 : 37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
• 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
• 2 Tim 3:11 : 11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
• Heb 11:33 : 33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
• Dan 6:27 : 27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered niel from the power of the lions.
• Matt 10:19 : 19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
• Luke 21:15 : 15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
• Ps 37:39-40 : 39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. 40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
• Ps 109:31 : 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
• Isa 41:14 : 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
• Jer 15:20-21 : 20 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD. 21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
• Jer 20:10-11 : 10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. 11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
• Jer 2:30 : 30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
• Prov 20:2 : 2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso ovoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
• Prov 28:15 : 15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
• Isa 41:10 : 10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
• Acts 26:17-18 : 17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
• Acts 27:23-24 : 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
• Rom 16:25-26 : 25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the pphets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
• 2 Cor 12:9 : 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
• Eph 3:8 : 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
• 1 Tim 1:12 : 12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
• Acts 18:9-9 : 9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy pee: 10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.