2 Thessalonians 2:9
him whose advent is accompanied by the works of Satan, with every kind of power and signs and false miracles,
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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 8:7Then the sorcerers also, by their incantations, did similarly, and they brought forth frogs upon the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 13:1“If there will have arisen in your midst a prophet, or someone who claims that he had seen a dream, and if he will have predicted sign and portent,
Matthew 24:24For there will arise false Christs and false prophets. And they will produce great signs and wonders, so much so as to lead into error even the elect (if this could be).
Luke 11:25And when he has arrived, he finds it swept clean and decorated.
John 8:41You do the works of your father.” Therefore, they said to him: “We were not born out of fornication. We have one father: God.”
Acts 8:9Therefore, there was great gladness in that city. Now there was a certain man named Simon, who formerly had been a magician in that city, seducing the people of Samaria, claiming himself to be someone great.
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 →