II Thessalonians 2:2
Dean Henry Alford (1868) "The day of the Lord is present (not is at hand). enestemi occurs six times besides in the New Testament, and always in the sense of being present. Besides which, St. Paul could not have so written, nor could the Spirit have so spoken by him." (vol. iii. p.274)
"These Thessalonians imagined it to be already come, and, accordingly, were deserting their pursuits in life, and falling into other irregularities, as if the day of grace were closed." (Greek Testament, in loco.)
John Albert Bengel (1742) "Extreme proximity is signified by this word; for enistemi is present."
Charles J. Ellicot (1863) "The verb enestoken, is somewhat stronger than eqesthkenv (2 Tim. 6), and seems to mark not only the nearness, but the actual presence and comhiencement of the day of the Lord." (Commentary on Thessalonians, in loco.)
Ken Gentry (1985) "Verses 1-2. Paul's reference 'concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him' (2 Thessalonians 2:1) is the crux interpretum of this passage. Paul is here speaking of the A.D. 70 judgment on the Jews - the very judgment given emphasis in the first portion of the Olivet Discourse, the Book of Revelation, and several other passages of Scripture." (He shall have Dominion, p.386)
Dr. Thomas Manton (1620-1677) "There is some difference in the words, for eggizo signifies it draweth near, enistemi, it is begun already." (Works, vol. 3. p.15)
William Whiston (1737) "enistemi is here, and in many other places of Josephus, immediately at hand; and is to be so expounded 2 Thess. ii. 2, where some falsely pretended that St. Paul had said, either by word of mouth or by an epistle, or by both, "that the day of Christ was immediately at hand;" for still St. Paul did then plainly think that day not many years future." (Whiston's Josephus, Ant. bk. xviii. c. ix. sec. 2)
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