1Thessalonians:2:17-3

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rwp @1Thessalonians:2:17 @{Being bereaved of you } (\aporphanisthentes aph ' hum “n \). First aorist passive participle of the rare compound verb (\aporphaniz “\, in Aeschylus , but nowhere else in N .T .). Literally , {being orphaned from you } (\aph ' hum “n \, ablative case ). Paul changes the figure again (\trophos \ or mother nurse in verse 7 |, \n ˆpios \ or babe in verse 7 |, \pat ˆr \ or father in verse 11 |) to {orphan } (\orphanos \). He refers to the period of separation from them , {for a short season } (\pros kairon h “ras \) for a season of an hour . This idiom only here in N .T ., but \pros kairon \ in strkjv @Luke:8:13 | and \pros h “ran \ in strkjv @2Corinthians:7:8 |. But it has seemed long to Paul . Precisely how long he had been gone we do not know , some months at any rate . {In presence , not in heart } (\pros “p “i ou kardi ƒi \). Locative case . \Pros “pon \, old word (\pros , ops \, in front of the eye , face ) for face , look , person . Literally , {in face or person }. His heart was with them , though they no longer saw his face . Heart , originally \kardia \, is the inner man , the seat of the affections and purposes , not always in contrast with intellect (\nous \). "Out of sight , not out of mind " (Rutherford ). {Endeavoured the more exceedingly } (\perissoter “s espoudasamen \). Ingressive aorist active indicative of \spoudaz “\, old word to hasten (from \spoud ˆ, speud “\). {We became zealous }. Comparative adverb \perissoter “s \ from \perisson \, more abundantly than before being orphaned from you . {Your face } (\to pros “pon hum “n \). Cf . his {face } above . {With great desire } (\en poll ˆi epithumi ƒi \). {In much longing } (\epithumia \ from \epi \ and \thumos \, \epithume “\, to run after , to yearn after , whether good or bad ). rwp @1Thessalonians:2:18 @{Because } (\dioti \). As in strkjv @2:8 |. {We would fain have come to you } (\ˆthel ˆsamen elthein pros humas \). First aorist active indicative of \thel “\. Literally , {we desired to come to you . I Paul } (\eg “ men Paulos \). Clear example of literary plural \ˆthelesamen \ with singular pronoun \eg “\. Paul uses his own name elsewhere also as in strkjv @2Corinthians:10:1 ; strkjv @Galatians:5:2 ; strkjv @Colossians:1:23 ; strkjv @Ephesians:3:1 ; strkjv @Philemon:1:19 |. {Once and again } (\kai hapax kai dis \). {Both once and twice } as in strkjv @Phillipians:4:16 |. Old idiom in Plato . {And Satan hindered us } (\kai enekopsen h ˆmas ho Satanas \). Adversative use of \kai =\ but or and yet . First aorist active indicative of \enkopt “\, late word to cut in , to hinder . Milligan quotes papyrus example of third century , B .C . Verb used to cut in a road , to make a road impassable . Songs:Paul charges Satan with cutting in on his path . Used by Paul in strkjv @Acts:24:4 ; strkjv @Galatians:5:7 | and passive \enekoptom ˆn \ in strkjv @Romans:15:22 ; strkjv @1Peter:3:7 |. This hindrance may have been illness , opposition of the Jews in Corinth , what not . rwp @1Thessalonians:2:19 @{Crown of glorying } (\stephanos kauch ˆse “s \). When a king or conqueror came on a visit he was given a chaplet of glorying . Paul is answering the insinuation that he did not really wish to come . {At his coming } (\en t ˆi autou parousi ƒi \). This word \parousia \ is untechnical (just _presence_ from \pareimi \) in strkjv @2Thessalonians:2:9 ; strkjv @1Corinthians:16:17 ; strkjv @2Corinthians:7:6f .; strkjv @10:10 ; strkjv @Phillipians:1:26 ; strkjv @2:12 |. But here (also strkjv @1Thessalonians:3:13 ; strkjv @4:15 ; strkjv @5:23 ; strkjv @2Thessalonians:2:1 ,8 ; strkjv @1Corinthians:15:23 |) we have the technical sense of the second coming of Christ . Deissmann ( _Light from the Ancient East_ , pp . 372ff .) notes that the word in the papyri is almost technical for the arrival of a king or ruler who expects to receive his "crown of coming ." The Thessalonians , Paul says , will be his crown , glory , joy when Jesus comes .

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