That which restraineth (το κατεχον).

And now you know (κα νυν οιδατε), says Paul in this cryptic apocalypt…

And now you know what withholdeth. The marginal note says, holdeth. The reference is to something that then operated to const…

EXCURSUS ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE PROPHECY, 2 Thessalonians 2:3–12

Do you not remember that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now you know what withholds, that he might be revealed in his t…

So he can declare, “You know what is holding him back.” “Now” should be connected with “what is holding him back” rather than with “you know,” to i…

And now what withholdeth. Τὸ κατέχον properly means an impediment or an occasion of delay here. Chrysostom, who thinks that this can only …

And now you know what withholdeth
Or hinders the revelation of the man of sin, or antichrist; by which is meant not …

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 a…

1. Above, the Apostle foretold the coming and the wrongdoing of the Antichrist; here he explains the reason for its delay.

   1. He s…