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NASB					2 Tim 4:6 ¶ For I am already²²³⁵ being ^Apoured⁴⁶⁸⁹ out as a drink⁴⁶⁸⁹ offering⁴⁶⁸⁹, and the time²⁵⁴⁰ of ^Bmy departure³⁵⁹ has come²¹⁸⁶.
AMPLIFIED 2015					2 Tim 4:6 ¶ For I am already being ¹poured out as a drink offering, and the time of ²my departure [from this world] is at hand and I will soon go free. [Num 15:1-12; 28:7; Phil 2:17]

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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The drink offering (wine) was required as part of the sacrificial system of the old covenant.

This is Paul's last inspired letter and was written toward the end of his second Roman imprisonment. During his first imprisonment he was under house arrest, but this time (about five years later) it is believed that he was held in chains in the Tullianum, the lower chamber of the Mamertine dungeon. The Roman historian, Sallust, described the Tullianum as a horrible dungeon "...repulsive and terrible." It was originally excavated as a cistern for a natural spring. It would have been cold, damp, and incredibly filthy. Both lower and upper chambers served as places of torture and as holding places for those awaiting execution. Paul would have known that there was no hope of release and that his execution was imminent. Nero ruled Rome during both imprisonments.

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Phil 2:17 But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all.

Phil 1:23 But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better;

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Greek Heb.

359

analusis; from 360; a loosing, departure:--departure(1).

2186

ephistêmi; from 1909 and 2476; to set upon, set up, to stand upon, be present:--appeared(3), attacking(1), came(5), come(3), confronted(1), ready(1), set(1), standing(2), standing near(1), stood(1), stood before(1), stood near(1).

2235

êdê; a prim. adv. of time; already:--already(42), as soon as(1), now(14), soon*(1), this time(2).

2540

kairos; a prim. word; time, season:--age(1), epochs(2), occasion(1), opportune time(1), opportunity(3), proper time(5), right time(1), season(1), seasons(4), short*(1), time(54), times(11), while(1).

4689

spendô; a prim. vb.; to pour out (as a drink offering), to make a libation:--drink offering(2), poured out as a drink(2).

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