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Touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (huper tēs parousias tou Kuriou ‛hēmōn' Iēsou Christou). For erōtōmen, to beseech, see note on 1Th 4:1; 1Th 5:12. Huper originally meant over, in behalf of, instead of, but here it is used like peri, around, concerning as in 2Th 1:4; 1Th 3:2; 1Th 5:10, common in the papyri (Robertson, Grammar, p. 632). For the distinction between Parousia, Epiphaneia (Epiphany), and Apokalupsis (Revelation) as applied to the Second Coming of Christ see Milligan on Thessalonian Epistles, pp. 145-151, in the light of the papyri. Parousia lays emphasis on the presence of the Lord with his people, epiphaneia on his manifestation of the power and love of God, apokalupsis on the revelation of God’s purpose and plan in the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus.
And our gathering together unto him (kai hēmōn episunagōgēs ep' auton). A late word found only in 2 Maccabees. 2:7; 2Th 2:1; Heb 10:25 till Deissmann (Light from the Ancient East, p. 103) found it on a stele in the island of Syme, off Caria, meaning “collection.” Paul is referring to the rapture, mentioned in 1Th 4:15-17, and the being forever with the Lord thereafter. Cf. also Mat 24:31; Mar 13:27.