Marilyn Agee (11 May 2014)
"The Departure, "he apostasia""


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Strong's

Transliteration

Greek

English

Morphology

3361 [e]

μή

no

Adv

5100 [e]

tis

τις

one

IPro-NMS

4771 [e]

hymas

ὑμᾶς

you

PPro-A2P

1818 [e]

exapatēsē

ἐξαπατήσῃ

should deceive

V-ASA-3S

2596 [e]

kata

κατὰ

in

Prep

3367 [e]

mēdena

μηδένα

not one

Adj-AMS

5158 [e]

tropon

τρόπον·

way,

N-AMS

3754 [e]

hoti

ὅτι

because [it will not be]

Conj

1437 [e]

ean

ἐὰν

if

Conj

3361 [e]

μὴ

not

Adv

2064 [e]

elthē

ἔλθῃ

shall have come

V-ASA-3S

3588 [e]

the

Art-NFS

646 [e]

apostasia

ἀποστασία

apostasy

N-NFS

4412 [e]

prōton

πρῶτον

first,

Adv-S

2532 [e]

kai

καὶ

and

Conj

601 [e]

apokalyphthē

ἀποκαλυφθῇ

shall have been revealed

V-ASP-3S

3588 [e]

ho

the

Art-NMS

444 [e]

anthrōpos

ἄνθρωπος

man

N-NMS

3588 [e]

tēs

τῆς

-

Art-GFS

458 [e]

anomias

ἀνομίας,

of lawlessness,

N-GFS

3588 [e]

ho

the

Art-NMS

5207 [e]

huios

υἱὸς

son

N-NMS

3588 [e]

tēs

τῆς

-

Art-GFS

684 [e]

apōleias

ἀπωλείας,

of destruction;

N-GFS

Strong’s G684:  apoleia  http://biblehub.com/greek/684.htm

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From: Marilyn Agee
Hi:
 
Keep in mind that “he apostasia can mean departure. It was translated that way in 8 Bibles translated before the KJV.
 
Also, 2 Thess 2:3 (HNV) says, “Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the DEPARTURE (i.e., the First-Trump Rapture) comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction”.
 
ONE KEY
 

“Integrative Theology”

A literal departure is indicated by the function of the definite article.... 181”

“Great Falling Away after the Departure of the Church

Johan Malan, University of the North, South Africa]

http://www.bibleguidance.co.za/Engarticles/Departure.htm


“Abstract:
The revelation of the Antichrist (the man of sin) can only occur after the departure of the true church of Christ.

“The departure (Gr. apostasia) of 2 Thessalonians 2:3 will precede the revelation of the Antichrist. The rendering of apostasia as “rebellion”, “apostasy” or “falling away” in most English Bibles is unfortunate since these are secondary, or derived, meanings of the word. Its primary meaning is “departure” which, in this verse, refers to the rapture of the church....

The following are examples of the rendering of aphistemi in the King James Version:

“…[she] departed not from the temple” (Lk. 2:37); “…he departed from Him for a season” (Lk. 4:13); “…and in time of temptation fall away” (Lk. 8:13); “Depart from Me” (Lk. 13:37); “…the angel departed from him” (Acts 12:10); “…who departed from them” (Acts 15:38); “…he departed from them” (Acts 19:9); “…they departed from him” (Acts 22:19); “…that it might depart from me” (2 Cor. 12:8); “…depart from the faith” (1 Tim. 4:1); “…from such withdraw thyself” (1 Tim. 6:5); “…depart from iniquity” (2 Tim. 2:19); “…departing from the living God” (Heb. 3:12).

“In view of these examples it is clear that the basic meaning of the word apostasia and its verb form of aphistemi is to depart. For this reason, the word apostasia in 2 Thes. 2:3 was translated as departing first in the following seven English Bibles before the King James Version: Wycliffe Bible (1384), Tyndale Bible (1526), Coverdale Bible (1535), Cranmer Bible (1539), Breeches Bible (1576), Beza Bible (1583), and the Geneva Bible (1608).

The Vulgate uses the Latin word discessio, meaning departure. In a footnote to 2 Thes. 2:3 the Amplified Bible makes the following remark: “A possible rendering of apostasia is departure [of the church].” In its full meaning, this verse reads:

“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day [the day of the Lord] shall not come, except there come a departing [of the church] first, and that man of sin [the Antichrist] be revealed, the son of perdition…”
 
World English Bible “Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction”.
 
www.biblegateway.com/passage/?...2+Thessalonians...
BibleGateway.com...
”2 Thessalonians 2:3 A possible rendering of the Greek apostasia is “departure [of the church].”
 
Agape,
Marilyn Agee
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