2 Thessalonians 2:9
New International Version
The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie,

New Living Translation
This man will come to do the work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles.

English Standard Version
The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,

Berean Standard Bible
The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,

Berean Literal Bible
whose coming is according to the working of Satan, in every power, and in signs, and in wonders of falsehood,

King James Bible
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

New King James Version
The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders,

New American Standard Bible
that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and false signs and wonders,

NASB 1995
that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,

NASB 1977
that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,

Legacy Standard Bible
whose coming is in accord with the working of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,

Amplified Bible
The coming of the [Antichrist, the lawless] one is through the activity of Satan, [attended] with great power [all kinds of counterfeit miracles] and [deceptive] signs and false wonders [all of them lies],

Christian Standard Bible
The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with every kind of miracle, both signs and wonders serving the lie,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders,

American Standard Version
even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For the coming of that one is in the activity of Satan in all power, signs and false wonders,

Contemporary English Version
When the wicked one appears, Satan will pretend to work all kinds of miracles, wonders, and signs.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whose coming is according to the working of Satan, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders,

English Revised Version
even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The man of sin will come with the power of Satan. He will use every kind of power, including miraculous and wonderful signs. But they will be lies.

Good News Translation
The Wicked One will come with the power of Satan and perform all kinds of false miracles and wonders,

International Standard Version
The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the power of Satan. He will use every kind of power, including miraculous signs, lying wonders,

Literal Standard Version
whose coming is according to the working of Satan, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders,

Majority Standard Bible
The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,

New American Bible
the one whose coming springs from the power of Satan in every mighty deed and in signs and wonders that lie,

NET Bible
The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan's working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,

New Revised Standard Version
The coming of the lawless one is apparent in the working of Satan, who uses all power, signs, lying wonders,

New Heart English Bible
even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

Webster's Bible Translation
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders,

Weymouth New Testament
The appearing of the Lawless one will be attended by various miracles and tokens and delusive marvels--for so Satan works--

World English Bible
even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

Young's Literal Translation
him, whose presence is according to the working of the Adversary, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders,

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Audio Bible



Context
The Man of Lawlessness
8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival. 9 The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and FALSE wonder, 10and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:1
If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,

2 Chronicles 18:20
Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, 'I will entice him.' 'By what means?' asked the LORD.

Isaiah 29:10
For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.

Matthew 4:10
"Away from Me, Satan!" Jesus declared. "For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.'"

Matthew 12:22
Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see.

Matthew 24:24
For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

John 4:48
Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe."


Treasury of Scripture

Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

is.

John 8:41,44
Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God…

Acts 8:9-11
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: …

Acts 13:10
And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

and signs.

Exodus 7:22
And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said.

Exodus 8:7,18
And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt…

Deuteronomy 13:1,2
If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, …

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2 Thessalonians 2
1. Paul urges them to continue stedfast in the truth received;
3. shows that there shall be a departure from the faith,
9. and a discovery of Antichrist, before the day of the Lord comes;
15. repeats his exhortation to stand firm, and prays for them.














(9) Even him, whose coming.--The "even him" does not stand in the Greek; and "whose" might, again, be rendered by for his own, or perhaps "though his own." The purpose of the verses following is not merely to describe Antichrist more fully, but to compare word for word his coming with that which will annihilate him. Again is used of Antichrist a peculiar word consecrated to the Christ: "coming" (literally presence), being the word used in 2Thessalonians 2:8, as well as 2Thessalonians 2:1, and often. In spite of the sham being well got up, it will be seen to be a sham.

Is . . . with all power.--"Is:" St. Paul sees the future as present. The predicate is not "after the working," but "in all power," &c. The advent of Antichrist will be in (i.e., surrounded with, accompanied by) all kinds of miracles, "according to the working of Satan:" i.e., not only wrought by Satan, but up to the full capacity of Satan to work them. The word "lying" (literally, of falsehood) should go with all three names, "all counterfeit power and signs and wonders." The three words are piled up to heighten the terror of the description; if you press them they mean that there will be a display of power, to attest Antichrist's doctrine (signs), and to keep men spellbound in admiration of him (wonders). Antichrist, like Christ (1Timothy 6:15), has one to support him--Satan instead of God; he, like Christ (Luke 21:25), will have his miracles--but miracles of trickery, not of truth.

Verse 9. - The apostle resumes his description of the man of sin. Even him; not in the original, but necessary for the sense. Whose coming. The use of the same term, parousia, employed to denote the coming of Christ exhibits the counterpart of the man of sin. Is after the working - according to the energy - of Satan. Satan is the agent who works in the man of sin; he being the organ or instrument of Satan. With all power and signs and lying wonders. The adjective "lying" ought to be rendered as a substantive, and applied to all three: "With all powers and signs and wonders of falsehood;" whose origin, nature, and purpose is falsehood. Here, also, the counterpart to Christ is manifest; for the same terms - "powers," "signs," and "wonders," are employed to denote his miracles (Acts 2:22; Hebrews 2:4). The miracles of Christ were miracles of truth; the miracles of the man of sin would be miracles of falsehood. There does not seem to be any essential difference between powers, signs, and wonders; but the words are employed as a mere rhetorical enumeration. It is not to be supposed that the man of sin will be enabled to perform real miracles; they are the wonders of falsehood; but still by them his followers will be deceived (comp. Matthew 24:24).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
The
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

coming [of the lawless one]
παρουσία (parousia)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3952: From the present participle of pareimi; a being near, i.e. Advent; physically, aspect.

will be
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

accompanied by
κατ’ (kat’)
Preposition
Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

[the] working
ἐνέργειαν (energeian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1753: Working, action, productive work, activity; in the NT, confined to superhuman activity. From energes; efficiency.

of Satan,
Σατανᾶ (Satana)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 4567: An adversary, Satan. Of Chaldee origin corresponding to ma'bad; the accuser, i.e. The devil.

with
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

every kind of
πάσῃ (pasē)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

power,
δυνάμει (dynamei)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1411: From dunamai; force; specially, miraculous power.

sign,
σημείοις (sēmeiois)
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's 4592: Neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of semaino; an indication, especially ceremonially or supernaturally.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

FALSE
ψεύδους (pseudous)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 5579: A lie, falsehood, untruth; false religion. From pseudomai; a falsehood.

wonder,
τέρασιν (terasin)
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's 5059: A wonder, portent, marvel. Of uncertain affinity; a prodigy or omen.


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