2 Thessalonians 2:9
Whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and marvels of deceit,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 8:7And the magicians did in like manner with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 13:1If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives thee a sign or a wonder,
Matthew 24:24For there will arise FALSE Christs and FALSE prophets, and they will give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen.
Luke 11:25And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order.
John 8:41Ye do the works of your father. They said therefore to him, We were not begotten from fornication. We have one Father, God.
Acts 8:9But a certain man in the city, Simon by name, was formerly practicing sorcery, and fascinating the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be some great man,
Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 2:2-13
Cautions against False Alarm. ( a. d. 52.) 1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means— From these words it appears that some among the Thessalonians had mistaken the apostle's meaning, in what he had written in his former epistle about the coming of Christ, by… Read the whole commentary →