2 Tesalonika 2:4
Konteks2:4 He 1 opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat 2 in God’s temple, displaying himself as God. 3
2 Tesalonika 2:9
Konteks2:9 The arrival of the lawless one 4 will be by Satan’s working with all kinds of miracles 5 and signs and false wonders,
[2:4] 1 tn Grk “the one who opposes,” describing the figure in v. 3. A new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the personal pronoun (“he”) and translating the participle ἀντικείμενος (antikeimeno") as a finite verb.
[2:4] 2 sn Allusions to Isa 14:13-14; Dan 11:36; Ezek 28:2-9 respectively.
[2:4] 3 tn Grk “that he is God.”
[2:9] 4 tn Grk “whose coming,” referring to the lawless one. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek construction, a new sentence was started here in the translation.