And then (κα τοτε). Emphatic note of time,

then when the restraining one (ο κατεχων) is taken out of the w…

And then shall that Wicked be revealed. ho anomos, "the wicked one," refers to the "man of sin," and is called "the<…

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

Only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with th…

After this time has elapsed, the Lord Jesus will personally come to earth to “overthrow” (lit., “slay”; GK 359) the lawless one “with the breath of…

And then will be revealed—that is, when that impediment (τὸ κατέχον) will be removed. For he does not point out the time of revel…

And then shall that wicked be revealed
That lawless one, who sets himself above the laws of God and man, and dispens…

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…