At my first answer no man stood with me, but all [men] forsook me: [I pray God] that it may not be laid to their charge.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Dans ma première défense, personne ne m'a assisté, mais tous m'ont abandonné. Que cela ne leur soit point imputé!
KJV
At my first answer no man stood with me, but all [men] forsook me: [I pray God] that it may not be laid to their charge.
Eusebius of Caesarea
Historia Ecclesiastica
τει, ὁμοῦ σημαίνων τε προτέραν αὐτῷ γενομένην ἀπολογίαν καὶ τὴν παρὰ πόδας τελείωσιν. δέχου δὴ καὶ : 2 Tim. 4, 16. 17 τούτων τὰς αὐτοῦ μαρτυρίας· “ ἐν τῆ πρώτῃ μου,’’ φηαίν, “ ἀπολογίᾳ οὐδείς μοι παρεγένετο , ἀλλὰ πάντες με ἐγκατέλιπον μὴ αὐτοῖς λογισθείη), ὁ δὲ κύριός μοι παρέατ…
Theodoret + Jerome (Lives) + Rufinus
NPNF2-03. Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius, & Rufinus: Historical Writings
laimed and that all the Gentiles might hear, and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion” lion. 2 Tim. 4 . 16–17 —clearly indicating Nero as lion on account of his cruelty. And directly following he says “The Lord delivered me from the mouth of the lion” and again shortly “T…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 134 (Migne)
et ipse Apostolus: Omnes, quae sua sunt, quaerunt (Philipp. II, 21) ; item: Omnes me dereliquerunt (II Tim. IV, 16) ; et in psalmo: Omnes declinaverunt (Psal. XIII, 3) ; item: Omnis homo mendax (Coloss. III, 16) ; item: Docentes omnem hominem (Psal. CXV, 2) . In his testimoniis…
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