Whose coming is (ου εστιν η παρουσια). Refers to ον in verse 8. The Antichrist has his παρουσια also. Deissmann (Light from the…

Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan. This is from the Greek, kat energeian tou Satana, meaning "according to 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…

(10a) That Satan is the root of the lawless one’s deception is explicit in a further elaboration. The word for “work” (GK 1918) is reserved for sup…

Whose coming He confirms what he has said by an argument from contraries. For as Antichrist cannot stand otherwise than through the impost…

Even him whose coming is after the working of Satan
That is, as a deceiver, a liar, and a murderer; for such was the…

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…