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.
It would have been common for a prisoner, such as Paul, to be thrown to the lions[1]. At his first answer, he was apparently delivered from such a fate. He was also delivered from the demented mind of Caesar, Nero. But I think he ultimately means he had been eternally delivered from that one who pretended to be a roaring lion, Satan.
Paul knew that he was ready to be offered and that the time of his departure was at hand. He did not mean that his life would be spared. That was not his concern. He was certain that God would deliver him from every evil work, and that He would preserve him unto His heavenly kingdom.
The lions of this world are nothing in contest with the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.
[1] Or some other beast
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