And now ye know [because Paul had told them verbally] that which restraineth [i. e., retards and delays the antichrist], to the end that he may be revealed in his own season. [And not prematurely. Thus we see that the Thessalonians had a key to Paul's prophecy that we do not possess. His probable reason for withholding from his Epistle that which he freely stated verbally will be given later.]
Verse 6. _AND NOW YE KNOW WHAT WITHHOLDETH_] I told you this among other things; I informed you what it was that _prevented_ this man of sin, this son of perdition, from revealing himself fully....
AND NOW YE KNOW WHAT WITHHOLDETH - Margin, “holdeth.” The reference is, to something that then operated to constrain or hold back the obvious tendency of things, so that the “man of sin” should not at...
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)...
KNOW. App-132. WITHHOLDETH. holds fast. Greek. _katecho._ See the other occurances of this word, 2 Thessalonians 2:7; Matthew 21:38; Luke 4:42;...
_And now ye know_ After this allusion: "now that yon call to mind what I used to say about the final struggle with the powers of evil, that will precede Christ's coming." (ye know) _what withholdeth_...
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...
ΑΥΤΟΥ, in א*AKP 17 37, and some others: εαυτου, BDGL &c.—The latter seems to be a Western and Syrian emendation: or is αυτου an assimilation to αυτον occurring just above? 6. ΚΑῚ ΝΥ͂Ν ΤῸ ΚΑΤΈΧΟΝ ΟἼΔΑΤ...
§ 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...
ΝΫ́Ν (G3568) теперь. Это слово может быть логическим и вводит новую тему разговора, но оно почти несомненно _temp._ и указывает на текущий момент (Best), КАΤΈΧΟΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΚΑΤΈΧΩ (G2722...
REMEMBER YE NOT, &C.— The apostle thought it a part of his duty, as he made it a part of his preaching and doctrine, to forewarn his new converts of the grand apostacy that would infest the church, ev...
TEXT (2 Thessalonians 2:6-7) 6 AND NOW YE KNOW THAT WHICH RESTRAINETH, TO THE END THAT HE MAY BE REVEALED IN HIS OWN SEASON. 7 FOR THE MYSTERY OF LAWLESSNESS DOTH ALREADY WORK: ONLY _THERE IS_ ONE TH...
And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. NOW YE KNOW - by my having told you. The power was one 'known' to the Thessalonians. WHAT WITHHOLDETH - holds him back. 'Th...
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...
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...
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....
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...
AND NOW YE KNOW. — Not “now, because of what I have just said,” for nothing has yet been said in the Letter from which the Thessalonians could gather what withheld the premature manifestation of the M...
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...
_Well now, you know what restrains him from being manifested_ (coming fully into play and sight) _before his appointed season_. Νῦν probably goes with οἴδατε, not with τὸ κατέχον (as _e.g._, in John 4...
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...
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...
And now ye know (g) what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. (g) What hinders and stops....
(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...
6_. And now what withholdeth _ Τὸ κατέχον means here properly an impediment or occasion of delay. Chrysostom, who thinks that this can only be understood as referring to the Spirit, or to the Roman Em...
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 NOW YE KNOW WHAT WITHHOLDETH,.... Or hinders the revelation of the man of sin, or antichrist; by which is meant not the Apostle Paul, though he by his ministry was a very great hinderance of the g...
And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. Ver. 6. _What withholdeth, &c._] viz. The Roman empire, which had its rise, reign, and ruin, whereupon the popedom was founded,...
_Remember ye not_, &c. These things were not asserted now merely to serve the present occasion: the apostle had spoken, yea, and borne a faithful testimony concerning them while he was at Thessalonica...
WITHHOLDETH; holdeth back or hindereth the development of the man of sin, and his claiming the high powers and prerogatives which he afterwards assumed....
AND NOW YE KNOW WHAT WITHHOLDETH THAT HE MIGHT BE REVEALED IN HIS TIME....
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...
Since I told you many times, and now am writing this letter, YOU KNOW. "That which restraineth" implies that something was a restraining force. This could refer to the Jewish state, the Roman state, P...
WITHHOLDETH: Or, holdeth...
“AND NOW YE KNOW THAT WHICH RESTRAINETH, TO THE END THAT HE MAY BE REVEALED IN HIS OWN SEASON” “And now ye know”: They knew, because Paul had taught them previously. “THAT WHICH RESTRAINETH”: “You kn...
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 NOW YE KNOW WHAT WITHHOLDETH: the apostle it seems had told them, as of his coming, so of what at present withheld the revealing of him. And what this was is difficult to know now, though...
First Apology of Justin And that God the Father of all would bring Christ to heaven after He had raised Him from the dead, and would keep Him there[93] Origen Against Celsus Book II For the mystery...
2 Thessalonians 2:6 And G2532 now G3568 know G1492 (G5758) restraining G2722 (G5723) that G1519 he...
‘And now you know that which restrains, to the end that he might be revealed in his own season. For the mystery of lawlessness already works, only there is one who restrains who will be taken out of t...
_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 2:6. AND NOW. These words may either mark the present time in contrast with the time when Paul was with them, alluded to in the preceding verse; or may mark the slight transition to a...
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...
THAT WHICH RESTRAINETH (το κατεχον).AND NOW YOU KNOW (κα νυν οιδατε), says Paul in this cryptic apocalyptic passage. Unfortunately we do not know what Paul means byTHAT WHICH RESTRAINS (holds ba...
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...
YET THERE IS SOMETHING THAT KEEPS THIS FROM HAPPENING NOW. They knew what it is [or was], because Paul had told them. _Johnson_ thinks [along with many of the Christian fathers] that the _"something"_...
_And now ye know what withholdeth _ THE RESTRAINING POWER AND ITS WITHDRAWAL I. What is this restraining power? 1. The explanation, now so difficult, was no difficulty to the Thessalonians. They kn...
2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 2:5 The man of lawlessness cannot be unveiled while WHAT IS RESTRAINING HIM NOW is at work. Paul refers also to he who now restrains
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...
2 Thessalonians 2:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:8...
What withholdeth [τ ο κ α τ ε χ ο ν]. Better restraineth. The verb means to hold fast, as Luke 8:15 : to hold back, as Luke 4:42. See on Romans 1:18. He refers to some power which hinders the revelati...
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...
And now ye know — By what I told you when I was with you. That which restraineth — The power of the Roman emperors. When this is taken away, the wicked one will be revealed. In his time — His appointe...
Observe here, 1. How our apostle intimated to the Thessalonians that Antichrist was not then revealed, and consequently that they were not then to expect the coming of Christ to judgment. Observe, 2....