2 Timothy 4:6 Offered = to offer, to pour out as a drink offering. In the Jewish sacrifices, the drink offering was the final crowing ceremony involved in the offering of the sacrifice, it was to bring a good odor, smell, to the sacrifice, Philippians 2:17. Departure = lifting up, departure. The word is used as an euphermism for death and evokes the picture of a ship loosing the moor ropes, or a soldier or travler loosing the ropes of his tent, thus striking camp (Kelly). 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:21; Philippians 1:22; 1 Thessalonians 4:14 At hand = present, to be at hand.