And then — When every prince and power that restrains is taken away. Will that wicked one — Emphatically so called, be revealed. Whom the Lord will soon consume with the spirit of his mouth — His immediate power. And destroy — With the very first appearance of his glory.
2 THESSALONIANS 2:8 @VIhsou/j# {C} The Textus Receptus, with B Dc K 88 614 1739 1881 _Byz Lect_ cop boms _al,_ omits VIhsou/j. On the other hand, the word is present in a wide variety of Greek and ve...
Verse 8. _WHOM THE LORD SHALL CONSUME_] He shall _blast_ him so, that he shall _wither_ and _die away_; and this shall be done by the _spirit of his mouth_-the _words of eternal life_, the _true doct...
AND THEN SHALL THAT WICKED BE REVEALED - ὁ ἄνομος ho anomos - “the wicked one,” referring to the “man of sin,” and called “the wicked one” because of the eminent depravity of the system of which he...
II. WHAT PRECEDES THE MANIFESTATION OF THE LORD CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The gathering of the saints preceding that day (2 Thessalonians 2:1)_ 2. The apostasy and the man of sin (2 Thessalonians 2:3) 3. The...
THE MISCONCEPTION OF THE PAROUSIA. This section forms the heart of the epistle. The previous chapter is merely an introduction, and the following chapter merely a conclusion, to this paragraph. The Th...
Brothers, in regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and in regard to our being gathered to him, we ask you not to be readily shaken in your mind and not to get into a state of nervous excitemen...
THE LAWLESS ONE (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12)...
THAT WICKED. the lawless one. App-128. CONSUME. Greek. _analisko._ See Galatians 1:5; Galatians 1:15. SPIRIT. breath. App-101. Compare Isaiah 11:4;...
_And then shall_that _Wicked be revealed Then_, "in his own season" (2 Thessalonians 2:6), in contrast with the _now_of the last clause, the time of his restraint: THEN SHALL BE REVEALED THE LAWLESS O...
Section III. The Revelation of the Lawless One Ch. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 In this Epistle, as in the former, the specfic object of the letter comes into view at the beginning of the second chapter, s...
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§ 3. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12. THE REVELATION OF THE LAWLESS ONE In this Epistle, as in the First, the principal aim of the Letter discloses itself in the second chapter, after the opening act of praise...
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THEN SHALL THAT WICKED BE REVEALED, &C.— When the obstacle mentioned in the preceding verse should be removed, _then shall that Wicked,_ &c. Nothing can be plainer than that _the lawless_ (ο ανομος),...
TEXT (2 Thessalonians 2:8) 8 AND THEN SHALL BE REVEALED THE LAWLESS ONE, WHOM THE LORD JESUS SHALL SLAY WITH THE BREATH OF HIS MOUTH, AND BRING TO NOUGHT BY THE MANIFESTATION OF HIS COMING; Translat...
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 'The lawless one;' the embodiment of all the '...
While Silvanus and Timothy are associated with Paul in this salutation, the epistle is practically by Paul himself and its genuineness is attested at the close by Paul's own signature (2Th_3:17). THA...
2:8 consume (a-14) Or, according to some authorities, 'destroy.' breath (b-17) Or 'spirit.'...
THE GREAT APOSTASY 2. Spirit] i.e. a pretended revelation uttered by a false prophet. LETTER AS FROM US] perhaps a forged letter (the probable meaning), cp. 2 Thessalonians 3:17, or a misunderstandin...
BRIGHTNESS, etc.] rather, 'manifestation of His presence.'...
THE *LORD HAS NOT COME YET 2 THE THESSALONIANS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 2 THE *LORD HAS NOT COME YET 2:1-2 V1 Now *brothers and *sisters, do not worry about the return of our *Lord Jesus Christ....
AND THEN. — Then at length, when the obstructor is gone, two things shall happen: (1) the Lawless One shall be revealed, and (2) then the Lord will come and destroy him. The purpose with which St. Pau...
EXCURSUS ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE PROPHECY, 2 Thessalonians 2:3 IN order to deal fairly with this difficult passage, it will be necessary sternly to exclude from our view all other passages of the...
CHAPTER 20 THE RESTRAINT AND ITS REMOVAL 2 Thessalonians 2:6 (R.V.) CHRIST cannot come, the Apostle has told us, until the falling away has first come, and the man of sin been revealed. In the verse...
ὅν, κ. τ. λ., his career is short and tragic. The apparition (_cf._ 1 Timothy 6:14, etc., Thieme, _Die Inschriften von Magnesia_, 34 f.) of Jesus heralds his overthrow. ἐπιφανείᾳ = sudden appearance o...
UNTROUBLED BY THREATENING RUMORS 2 Thessalonians 2:1 The Apostle sets himself to correct certain erroneous impressions which had unsettled the church in Thessalonica. Notice how reverently he speaks...
The apostle now stated clearly the order of events connected with the Second Advent of Jesus. He first announced the distinction between the two things that they were evidently confusing: ''the Coming...
THE COMING AND POWER OF THE LAWLESS ONE The lawless spirit was probably called a mystery because it was not practiced in the open in its early stages. The "he" who prevented lawlessness from spreading...
(8) And then shall (i) that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall (k) consume with the (l) spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: (8) That wickedness will at leng...
Spirit of his mouth, &c. St. Paul make use of this expression, to shew the ease with which God can put down the most powerful from his seat. He does it likewise to give the Thessalonians a right notio...
(3) В¶ Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; (4) Who opposeth and exalteth hi...
The second epistle takes up another difficulty. It was written in view of another abuse of the truth of the Lord's coming a danger that threatened the saints. As the first epistle was intended to guar...
8_And then will be revealed _— that is, when that _impediment _( τὸ κατέχον) shall be removed; for he does not point out the time of revelation as being when he, who now holds the supremacy, _will be...
In answering this error, and in guarding them from the wily efforts of seducers, he puts everything in its place here by appealing to precious truths of which he had already spoken. Their gathering to...
AND THEN SHALL THAT WICKED BE REVEALED,.... That lawless one, who sets himself above the laws of God and man, and dispenses with them at pleasure, who judges all men, but is judged by no man; as he wa...
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Ver. 8. _And then shall that wicked_] Gr. ανομος...
_And then_ When every prince and power that restrains is taken away; _that wicked_ Ο ανομος, _that lawless one_, who boasts himself to be above all laws, and the infallible judge, dispensing with, and...
THEN; after the downfall of the Roman empire. THAT WICKED; the wicked one, the man of sin and son of perdition spoken of in verse 2 Thessalonians 2:3. BE REVEALED; manifest himself; claim to be univ...
AND THEN SHALL THAT WICKED BE REVEALED, WHOM THE LORD SHALL CONSUME WITH THE SPIRIT OF HIS MOUTH, AND SHALL DESTROY WITH THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING;...
The revelation of the mystery of iniquity:...
In the first twelve verses of this chapter we are now presented with the striking, central message of the epistle. These things are not intended to satisfy indolent curiosity or to stir the excitement...
"Then" is in contrast to "now". "Shall be revealed" is used for the third time (3, 6, 8). This lawless one = [A] Whom the Lord will slay; [B] There is significance of the his coming. The Lord shall sl...
“AND THEN SHALL BE REVEALED THE LAWLESS ONE, WHOM THE LORD JESUS SHALL SLAY WITH THE BREATH OF HIS MOUTH, AND BRING TO NOUGHT BY THE MANIFESTATION OF HIS COMING” “And then”: When the Empire collapses...
5-12 Something hindered or withheld the man of sin. It is supposed to be the power of the Roman empire, which the apostle did not mention more plainly at that time. Corruption of doctrine and worship...
OLBGrk; AND THEN SHALL THAT WICKED BE REVEALED: this revealing I think differs from that mentioned before, 2 THESSALONIANS 2:3; he is first revealed, as I said: _quoad existentiam, _ when he comes for...
And then shall be revealed the lawless one whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming [After the removal of the hinderer, the v...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III with the presence of his coming; [even him] whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders."[56] Irenaeus Against Heresie...
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‘And then will be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nothing by the manifestation of his coming.' Note the continued emphasis on lawless...
EXCURSUS ON MAN OF SIN. 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12. The obscurity of this passage arises partly from its prophetic character, partly from the circumstance that Paul is merely referring to what he had alr...
_Instruction regarding the Coming of the Man of Sin, his Power, Falsneness, and Destruction._ In order to remove the misunderstanding and allay the anxieties regarding our Lord's coming which had aris...
2 Thessalonians 2:8. AND THEN. As soon as the restraining influence is removed. THE LAWLESS ONE. That is, the Man of Sin above spoken of. WHOM THE LORD JESUS SHALL DESTROY. ‘Before describing his...
AND THEN (κα τοτε). Emphatic note of time,THEN when the restraining one (ο κατεχων) is taken out of the way, then θε λαwλεσς ονε (ο ανομος), the man of sin, the man of perdition, will be revealed...
2 Thessalonians 2:5 Can we fix down the description of the man of sin to any one system or person? or ought we simply to say, with Augustine, that we must remain in total ignorance as to the Apostle'...
2 Thessalonians 2:1. _Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spiri...
CONTENTS: Day of the Lord and the man of sin. Exhortation and instruction. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, anti-christ, Satan, Paul. CONCLUSION: The blessed hope of Christ's coming is a doctrine wit...
2 Thessalonians 2:1. _We beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord,_ the only hope of the saints, _and by our gathering together to him._ By the coming of our Lord reference must be had to the...
THEN THE WICKED ONE WILL APPEAR. When the one who holds back this Mysterious Wickedness is taken out of the way, the forces of change and distortion can take over. This may be the primary meaning here...
2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 2:8 THE BREATH OF HIS MOUTH (compare Isaiah 11:4). Jesus will easily destroy the Antichrist....
2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 2:1 Disproving the False Claim about the Day of the Lord. Paul reassures the Thessalonians that the day of the Lord has not come. In...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Thessalonians 2:1. BESEECH … BY THE COMING OF OUR LORD.—The English reader who consults the similar phrase “to beseech by” in Romans 12:1 will be wholly astray. St P...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—The apostle now proceeds to the principal object which he had in view in writing this Epistle. The Thessalonians had adopted erroneous notions concerning the advent; they supposed...
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, [in virtue of this, because of this] and are gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neit...
1 John 2:13; 1 John 3:12; 1 John 5:18; 2 Thessalonians 1:8;...
Consume [α ν ε λ ε ι]. Better, slay, as Matthew 2:16; Luke 22:2; Acts 5:33. Spirit [π ν ε υ μ α τ ι]. Better, breath. Pneuma, almost always translated spirit, is from pnein to breathe or blow. Frequen...
THE SECOND COMING IN THESSALONIANS 2 Thessalonians 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS You are, perhaps, aware that the Second Coming of Christ holds a very important place in both of Paul's Epistles to the chur...
These words contain both the risk and ruin of Antichrist, his revelation and destruction. Observe, 1. The title given to him, O ANOMOS, the LAWLESS ONE, he that boasts himself to be above all law, an...