1 Spiros Zodhiates, the Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament (Chattanooga, TN

Let NO ONE MISLEAD YOU…..

“apostasia” 2 Thessalonians 2:3 EISEGESIS EXEGESIS

Possibility of Theological Bias, Error CONTEXT is KING

How Can I prove this Theological Doctrine? How Can I discover what God Intended?

Strong’s # 646: “Apostasy”: Forsake, fall Louw-Nida 39.34 Rebellion (39.34–39.41) 2 away…. 39.34 ἀνίσταμαιe; ἐπανίσταμαι; στάσιςa, εως In Acts 21:21 the new Christian believers f; ἐπίστασιςb, εως f; ἀποστασία, ας f; among the Jews, having departed from Moses ἀκαταστασίαa, ας f: to rise up in open defiance and coming to Jesus Christ, decided that they of authority, with the presumed intention to should stay apart from Moses, i.e., their overthrow it or to act in complete opposition to Judaistic practices, for they were in a new its demands—‘to rebel against, to revolt, to dispensation. They were not Judaizing engage in insurrection, rebellion.’ἀνίσταμαιe : Christians, but Christians standing apart from πρὸ γὰρ τούτων τῶν ἡμερῶν ἀνέστη Θευδᾶς Moses. 1 … καὶ ἐγένοντο εἰς οὐδέν ‘some time ago Theudas rebelled … but they came to nothing’ or ‘… the movement died out’ Ac 5:36. ACTUAL CONTEXT of Acts 21:21. Some ἐπανίσταμαι: ἐπαναστήσονται τέκνα ἐπὶ γονεῖς Jewish leaders were stirring up other Jews καὶ θανατώσουσιν αὐτούς ‘children will rise up ahead of Paul’s visit to Jerusalem by (or ‘… rebel’) against their parents and have making false, inflammatory statements them put to death’ Mk 13:12. that Paul was teaching new Jewish στάσιςa: γὰρ κινδυνεύομεν ἐγκαλεῖσθαι believers in Messiah to disregard Torah. στάσεως περὶ τῆς σήμερον ‘for there is danger Because these charges were patently that we will be accused of insurrection in what untrue, Paul continues to demonstrate by has happened today’ Ac 19:40. his walk and talk, that these charges are ἐπίστασιςb: οὔτε … εὗρόν με … ἐπίστασιν false and thus spent the rest of the book ποιοῦντα ὄχλου ‘they did not find me … of Acts trying to defend himself and organizing a rebellion of the people’ Ac 24:12. disprove these lies…even willing to go to ἀποστασία: ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ ἔλθῃ ἡ ἀποστασία

1 Spiros Zodhiates, The Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament (Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 2000).

2 Johannes P. Louw and Eugene Albert Nida, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains (New York: United Bible Societies, 1996), 495. Rome to stand trial before Caesar. He πρῶτον ‘for not until the final rebellion takes was eventually acquitted of these false place’ 2 Th 2:3. charges. ἀκαταστασίαa: ὅταν δὲ ἀκούσητε πολέμους καὶ ἀκαταστασίας, μὴ πτοηθῆτε ‘do not be afraid when you hear of wars and revolts’ Lk 21:9. It is possible that ἀκαταστασία in Lk 21:9 denotes merely unsettled conditions, but it is far more likely to carry the meaning of ‘insurrections’ and ‘revolts.’3