John Bengel Commentary - 2 Thessalonians 2:2 - 2:2

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John Bengel Commentary - 2 Thessalonians 2:2 - 2:2


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2Th 2:2. Σαλευθῆναι,[8] be moved) in mind.-θροεῖσθαι, be troubled) in your affections or emotions. That readily occurs in the case of those who are too eager to know future events.-πνεύματος) ΠΝΕῦΜΑ, a prophesying spirit.-λόγου-ἘΠΙΣΤΟΛῆς, word-letter) 2Th 2:15.-ὡς διʼ ἡμῶν) as coming through us. This was the ground on which the Thessalonians might be moved. A genuine epistle of Paul might indeed be wrongly explained; but there might also be fraudulently imposed on them a letter written by another person; ch. 2Th 3:17.-ὡς ὅτι ἐνέστηκεν, as if it were immediately at hand) This word signifies to be exceedingly near; for ἐνεστὼς means present. It is therefore declared that the day of Christ is not so immediately near. The epistles to the Thessalonians are the oldest of the apostolic epistles. Hence it is evident that the apostles, in speaking of the nearness of the day of Christ, were not in error, but spoke with full knowledge.-τοῦ Χριστοῦ, of Christ) to Whom Antichrist is opposed, in a sense of the word long used in the Church.[9]

[8] Literally, tossed, agitated as persons on the sea, σάλος.-ED.

[9] The Germ. Vers., however, prefers the reading Κυρίου, following the margin of both Ed.-E. B.

ABD(Δ) corrected, Gfg Vulg., Orig. 1, 668b, read Κυρίου. Rec. Text, without good authority, Χριστοῦ.-ED.