How does the Amplified Bible footnote translate apostasia in 2 Thessalonians?
The Amplified Bible footnote translates apostasia as 'the departure' rather than 'a falling away.' The footnote provides 'the departure, the departure' as the alternative, making the passage read that the day shall not come except there come a departure first.
Les explains that the Amplified Bible is a study Bible that enlarges on Greek words by inserting multiple English words. In its footnote, instead of 'a falling away,' it gives 'the departure, the departure' for apostasia. He then reads the passage in that light: 'For that day shall not come... except there come a departure first.' He notes that early translations such as Tyndale and the Geneva Bible also translated the word as 'the departure.' He also cites Dr. Kenneth Weiss, a respected Greek scholar, who in his book makes the same delineation, saying it is better translated 'the departure,' because the same Greek word rendered 'falling away' in the King James is translated 'depart' eight times in the New Testament.
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
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Did the King James Version mistranslate 'apostasia' in 2 Thessalonians 2:3?
The King James translators made a glaring mistake in their treatment of the Greek word 'apostasia' in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, and that mistake has caused a lot of confusion among Christians.
How did early English Bibles translate apostasia?
Almost all early English translations of the Bible from the 1500s, including Tyndale and Geneva, translated 'apostasia' as 'the departure'.
How did early English translations from the 1500s translate apostasia?
Early English Bibles, beginning with Tyndale and continuing through sixteenth-century translations like the Geneva Bible, translated apostasia as 'the departure.'
What mistake did Les say the King James Version made in the translation of apostasia in 2 Thessalonians 2:3?
The King James translators made a glaring mistake on the Greek word apostasia in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, and that translation has caused much confusion among Christians.