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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....
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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...
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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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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;...
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_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_...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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 *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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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...
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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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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...
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_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...
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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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And now ye know (g) what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his
time.
(g) What hinders and stops....
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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,...
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_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...
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WITHHOLDETH; holdeth back or hindereth the development of the man of
sin, and his claiming the high powers and prerogatives which he
afterwards assumed....
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AND NOW YE KNOW WHAT WITHHOLDETH THAT HE MIGHT BE REVEALED IN HIS
TIME....
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The revelation of the mystery of iniquity:...
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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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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...
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WITHHOLDETH:
Or, holdeth...
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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2 Thessalonians 2:6 And G2532 now G3568 know G1492 (G5758) restraining
G2722 (G5723) that G1519 he...
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‘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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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'...
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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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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"_...
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_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...
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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
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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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2 Thessalonians 2:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:8...
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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...
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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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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...
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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....