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development: in v. 7 “one that restraineth” is, lit., “the restrainer” (the article with the
present participle, “the restraining one”); this may refer to an individual, as in the similar
construction in 1 Thess. 3:5, “the tempter” (cf. 1:10, lit., “the Deliverer”); or to a number
of persons presenting the same characteristics, just as “the believer” stands for all
believers, e.g., Rom. 9:33; 1 John 5:10. V. 6 speaks of a principle, v. 7 of the principle as
embodied in a person or series of persons; cf. what is said of “the power” in Rom. 13:3,
4, a phrase representing all such rulers. Probably such powers, i.e., “constituted
governments,” are the “restraining” influence here intimated (specifications being
designedly withheld). For an extended exposition see
:
, by Hogg
and Vine, pp. 254-261.
RESURRECTION
1.
(
1
, 386) denotes (I) “a raising up,” or “rising” ( , “up,” and
, “to cause to stand”), Luke 2:34, “the rising up”; the
KJV
“again” obscures the
meaning; the Child would be like a stone against which many in Israel would stumble
while many others would find in its strength and firmness a means of their salvation and
spiritual life; (II), of “resurrection” from the dead, (a) of Christ, Acts 1:22; 2:31; 4:33;
Rom. 1:4; 6:5; Phil. 3:10; 1 Pet. 1:3; 3:21; by metonymy, of Christ as the Author of
“resurrection,” John 11:25; (b) of those who are Christ’s at His Parousia (see
COMING
),
Luke 14:14, “the resurrection of the just”; Luke 20:33, 35, 36; John 5:29 (1st part), “the
resurrection of life”; 11:24; Acts 23:6; 24:15 (1st part); 1 Cor. 15:21, 42; 2 Tim. 2:18;
Heb. 11:35 (2nd part), see
RAISE
,
Note
(3); Rev. 20:5, “the first resurrection”; hence the
insertion of “is” stands for the completion of this “resurrection,” of which Christ was “the
firstfruits”; 20:6; (c) of “the rest of the dead,” after the Millennium (cf. Rev. 20:5); John
5:29 (2nd part), “the resurrection of judgment”; Acts 24:15 (2nd part), “of the unjust”; (d)
of those who were raised in more immediate connection with Christ’s “resurrection,” and
thus had part already in the first “resurrection,” Acts 26:23 and Rom. 1:4 (in each of
which “dead” is plural; see Matt. 27:52); (e) of the “resurrection” spoken of in general
terms, Matt. 22:23; Mark 12:18; Luke 20:27; Acts 4:2; 17:18; 23:8; 24:21; 1 Cor. 15:12,
13; Heb. 6:2; (f) of those who were raised in OT times, to die again, Heb. 11:35 (1st
part), lit., “out of resurrection.”¶
2.
@
(
#
1
, 1815), , “from” or “out of,” and No. 1, Phil. 3:11,
followed by , lit., “the out-resurrection from among the dead.” For the significance of
this see
ATTAIN
, No. 1.¶
3.
(
+ $
, 1454), “a rousing” (akin to
, “to arouse, to raise”), is used of
the “resurrection” of Christ, in Matt. 27:53.¶
RETAIN
(
$ !
, 2902), “to be strong, obtain, hold, hold fast,” is translated “to retain,”
of sins, John 20:23 (twice); see on
REMIT
. See
HOLD
,
KEEP
,
OBTAIN
,
TAKE
.
Notes:
(1) In Philem. 13,
KJV
,
, “to hold fast, hold back, detain,” is translated
“to retain” (
RV
, to keep). (2) In Rom. 1:28,
KJV
,
, “to have” (
RV
), is translated “to
retain.”
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