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2 THESSALONIANS 2:4 kaqi,sai {A}
The interpretative gloss w`j qeo,n is inserted before kaqi,sai by a
great number of the later witnesses (Dc Gc K L most minuscules,
followed by the Textus Receptus),...
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Verse 4. _WHO OPPOSETH AND EXALTETH_] He _stands against_ and
_exalts_ himself _above_ all Divine authority, and above every
_object_ _of adoration_, and every _institution_ relative to Divine
worshi...
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WHO OPPOSETH - That is, he is distinguished as an opposer of the great
system which God has revealed for human salvation, and of those who
would serve God in purity in the gospel of his Son. No Protes...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE LAWLESS ONE (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12)...
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OPPOSETH. Greek. _antikeimai._ Genitive translation be an adversary
to.
EXALTETH HIMSELF. Greek. _huperairomai._ See 2 Corinthians 12:7.
GOD. App-98.
WORSHIPPED. an object of worship. Greek. _sebas...
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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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_who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or
that is worshipped_ Better, as in R. V. HE THAT OPPOSETH, &c.; for
this is a third and distinct designation of the personality in
qu...
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4. The gloss ως θεον is interpolated before ΚΑΘΙΣΑΙ in
DcFgrGKL and most minn., in syrpesh and g [lat]; it was incorporated
on this quite insufficient evidence in the T.R. G* employs in this
phrase th...
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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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ΑΝΤΙΚΕΊΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_
ΆΝΤΊΚΕΙΜΑΙ (G480) противостоять,
противодействовать. _Praes. part._
указывает на привычное постоянное
противодействие как образ жизни,
ΎΠΕΡΑΙΡΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes....
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FOR THAT DAY SHALL NOT COME, EXCEPT, &C.— "The day of Christ shall
not come, except there come the apostacy first." The apostacy here
described is plainly not of a civil, but of a religious nature; no...
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TEXT (2 Thessalonians 2:4)
4 HE THAT OPPOSETH AND EXALTETH HIMSELF AGAINST ALL THAT IS CALLED GOD
OR THAT IS WORSHIPPED; SO THAT HE SITTETH IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD,
SETTING HIMSELF FORTH AS GOD.
Transl...
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Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or
that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God,
shewing himself that he is God.
(Daniel 11:36-27.) The words t...
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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...
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2:4 high (d-7) 'Before,' or 'exceedingly.' The expression implies not
only the idea of 'against,' but what is 'above.' As in Daniel 11:37
there is opposition, but in the way of arrogant self-exaltati...
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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...
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The reference is to the pretensions of a false Messiah....
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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....
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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...
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WHO OPPOSETH AND EXALTETH HIMSELF. — The original continues a
quasi-substantival form: — “the opposer and exalter of himself”
— well-known descriptions (doubtless) of the Antichrist; several of
the de...
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CHAPTER 19
THE MAN OF SIN
2 Thessalonians 2:1 (R.V.)
IN the first chapter of this Epistle Paul depicted the righteous
judgment of God which accompanies the advent of Christ. Its terrors
and its glor...
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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...
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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...
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MAN OF SIN
Paul said the man of sin is continually opposed to anyone other than
himself being lifted up in man's eyes or worshipped. So jealous is he
of anyone, or thing, being...
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Who opposeth and (f) exalteth himself above all that is called God, or
that is worshipped; (4) so that he as God sitteth in the temple of
God, shewing himself that he is God.
(f) All men know who he i...
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First, &c.[2] What is meant by this falling away, (in the Greek this
apostacy) is uncertain, and differently expounded. St. Jerome and
others understand it of a falling off of other kingdoms, which be...
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(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...
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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...
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4_An adversary, and that exalteth himself_. The two epithets — _man
of sin_, and _son of perdition _— intimate, in the first place, how
dreadful the confusion would be, that the unseemliness of it mig...
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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...
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WHO OPPOSETH,.... Or is an opposer, an adversary of Christ, the
antichrist; who opposes him in his kingly office, styling himself the
head and spouse of the church, assuming to himself all power in he...
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Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or
that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God,
shewing himself that he is God.
Ver. 4. _Who opposeth himself_]...
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_Let no man deceive you by any means_ By any of these ways
fore-mentioned, or any other; for _that day shall not come, unless a
falling away_, η αποστασια, _the apostacy, come first_ The
_article_ her...
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WHO OPPOSETH AND EXALTETH HIMSELF ABOVE ALL THAT IS CALLED GOD;
opposeth the gospel of Christ as revealed in the Bible, and persecutes
those who embrace it. See the history of Wickliffe, Huss, and Jer...
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THE MAN OF SIN AND THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY.
The coming of Anti-Christ before the end:...
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WHO OPPOSETH AND EXALTETH HIMSELF ABOVE ALL THAT IS CALLED GOD, OR
THAT IS WORSHIPED, SO THAT HE AS GOD SITTETH IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD,
SHOWING HIMSELF THAT HE IS GOD.
Paul had naturally included an ins...
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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...
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Here is the description of this "man of sin" - -
A. He opposes God - This word means, "to be set against, adversary, to
oppose." Those who oppose God, reject his teachings, deny the Son of
God could...
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“HE THAT OPPOSETH AND EXALTETH HIMSELF AGAINST ALL THAT IS CALLED
GOD OR THAT IS WORSHIPPED; SO THAT HE SITTETH IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD,
SETTING HIMSELF FORTH AS GOD”
“He”: The man of sin. “THAT OPPOSET...
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1-4 If errors arise among Christians, we should set them right; and
good men will be careful to suppress errors which rise from mistaking
their words and actions. We have a cunning adversary, who wat...
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OLBGrk;
A further description of this man of sin, by his opposition and
exaltation. WHO OPPOSETH; or, o antikeimenov, the opposer; or rather,
opposing, expressed in the participle of the present tense...
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he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God
or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God,
setting himself forth as God. [The antichrist will be antagonistic...
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2 Thessalonians 2:4 who G3588 opposes G480 (G5740) and G2532 exalts
G5229 (G5746) above G1909 all G3956
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‘Let no man beguile you in any way, for it will not be except the
rebellion come first, and the man of sin (or ‘lawlessness') be
revealed, the son of perdition, he who opposes and exalts himself
again...
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2 Thessalonians 2:4. WHO OPPOSETH who is the adversary of God and all
that is good. The phrase will best be understood by referring to
Daniel 11.
AND EXALTETH HIMSELF AGAINST ALL THAT IS CALLED GOD O...
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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...
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_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...
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HE THAT OPPOSETH AND EXALTETH HIMSELF
(ο αντικειμενος κα υπεραιρομενος). Like
John's Antichrist this one opposes (αντι-) Christ and exalts
himself (direct middle of υπεραιρω, old verb to lift onese...
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2 Thessalonians 2:1
I. The first part of this second Epistle aims at widening the view of
the Thessalonian converts into the future the future bliss of
believers, the future doom of the rebellious. Th...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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HE WILL OPPOSE EVERYTHING WHICH MEN WORSHIP. _Lipscomb_ says: "I doubt
if any organization is the man of sin' [the Wicked One]. A principle
was at work that would set aside God's order and establish o...
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_Who opposeth and exalteth Himself above all that is called God?_
ANTICHRIST
I. As opposite to Christ. Christ is the true Head and Lord of the
Church (Acts 10:36). That which is most remarkable in Ch...
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2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 2:4 Paul draws on Daniel
11:36 when he writes that the lawless one opposes and exalts himself
against every so-called god or obje
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 8:5; Daniel 11:36; Daniel 11:45; Daniel 7:25; Daniel 7:8
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That is called God [λ ε γ ο μ ε ν ο ν θ ε ο ν]. Above the
true God and the false gods. The opposer claims divine honors for
himself.
That is worshipped [σ ε β α σ μ α]. An object of adoration,
includ...
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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...
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Our apostle proceeds in the further description of this man of sin,
by. two-fold note of distinction, namely, by his enmity and
opposition, and by his dignity and exhaltation.
Observe, 1. His enmity...