Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Thessalonians 2:9

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Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Thessalonians 2:9 - 2:9

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Whose coming is (hou estin hē parousia). Refers to hon in 2Th 2:8. The Antichrist has his parousia also. Deissmann (Light from the Ancient East, pp. 374, 378) notes an inscription at Epidaurus in which “Asclepius manifested his Parousia.” Antiochus Epiphanes is called the manifest god (3 Maccabees 5:35). So the two Epiphanies coincide.

Lying wonders (terasin pseudous). “In wonders of a lie.” Note here the three words for the miracles of Christ (Heb 2:4), power (dunamis), signs (sēmeia), wonders (terata), but all according to the working of Satan (kata energeian tou Satana, the energy of Satan) just as Jesus had foretold (Mat 24:24), wonders that would almost lead astray the very elect.