Commentary on 1-2 Thessalonians

L. Green Gene

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Comprehensive, accessible, and fully illustrated--this commentary on 1-2 Thessalonians is a must-have resource.You want a deeper understanding of the Scriptures, but the notes in your study Bible don't give you enough depth or insight. This commentary was created with you in mind.Each volume of The Baker Illustrated Bible Commentary is a nontechnical, section-by-section commentary on one book or section of the Bible that provides reliable and readable interpretations of the Scriptures from leading evangelical scholars. This information-packed commentary will help you gain a deeper understanding of the Bible in your own personal study or in preparation for teaching. It tackles problematic questions, calls attention to the spiritual and personal aspects of the biblical message, and brings out important points of biblical theology, making it invaluable to anyone seeking to get the most out of their Bible study.

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• Publié par: Baker Publishing Group
• Date de parution: 01 octobre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781493424740
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

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Introduction
Commentary for 1 Thessalonians

1. Epistolary Greeting (1:1)
2. Opening Thanksgiving: The Coming of the Gospel and Its Reception (1:2–10)
A. Faith, Love, and Hope (1:2–3)
B. The Coming of the Gospel and Its Reception (1:4–10)
3. The Body of the Letter (2:1–5:22)
A. The Gospel Arrives in Thessalonica (2:1–3:13)
B. The Apostolic Instruction: The Life That Pleases God (4:1–5:22)
4. Final Prayer, Greetings, and Blessing (5:23–28)
A. Prayer for Sanctification (5:23–25)
B. Call to Greet and Read to One Another (5:26–27)
C. Final Blessing (5:28)
Commentary for 2 Thessalonians

1. Epistolary Salutation (1:1–2)
2. Thanksgiving and Prayers for the Faith, Love, and Steadfastness of the Persecuted Thessalonians (1:3–12)
A. The First Thanksgiving (1:3–5)
B. The Destiny of the Persecutors (1:6–10)
C. The Remembrance of Prayers (1:11–12)
3. The Body of the Letter (2:1–3:15)
A. The Time of the Day of the Lord (2:1–17)
B. The Final Instructions (3:1–15)
4. The Third Prayer and Final Greetings (3:16–18)
Abbreviations ANET Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament . Edited by J. B. Pritchard. 3rd ed. Princeton, 1969 BDAG Bauer, W., F. W. Danker, W. F. Arndt, and F. W. Gingrich. Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd ed. Chicago, 1999 ca. circa (about, approximately) cf. compare chap(s). chapter(s) COS The Context of Scripture . Edited by W. W. Hallo. 3 vols. Leiden, 1997– e.g. for example ESV English Standard Version HALOT Koehler, L., W. Baumgartner, and J. J. Stamm. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Translated and edited under the supervision of M. E. J. Richardson. 5 vols. Leiden, 1994–2000 HCSB Holman Christian Standard Bible i.e. that is KJV King James Version NASB New American Standard Bible NEB New English Bible NET New English Translation NIV New International Version (2011 edition) NIV 1984 New International Version (1984 edition) NJB New Jerusalem Bible NJPS The Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures: The New JPS Translation according to the Traditional Hebrew Text NKJV New King James Version NLT New Living Translation NRSV New Revised Standard Version RSV Revised Standard Version TDOT Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament . Edited by G. J. Botterweck and H. Ringgren. Translated by J. T. Willis, G. W. Bromiley, and D. E. Green. 8 vols. Grand Rapids, 1974– TNIV Today’s New International Version
1–2 Thessalonians
Gene L. Green
Introduction
Thessalonica
The history of Thessalonica. When Cassander the king of Macedonia founded the city of Thessalonica in 316 BC, he named it after his wife, Thessaloniki, the half sister of Alexander the Great. The kingdom of Macedonia needed a port on the Aegean Sea. Cassander established Thessalonica at the head of the Thermaic Gulf. The city’s location gave it excellent access to the cities of the wider Mediterranean world. Thessalonica’s situation also provided easy access to the surrounding territory in Macedonia and beyond, since it was located at the intersection of the main north-south and east-west routes. Thessalonica quickly became a hub for government and commerce. Antipater of Thessalonica called it “The Mother of Macedonia.”

Rome began to expand as a world power beginning in the third century BC. Rome’s eastward expansion precipitated three Macedonian wars, fought between 214 and 168 BC. In the last of these conflicts, the Roman general Aemilius Paulus defeated the last king of Macedonia, Perseus, at the Battle of Pydna. Soon thereafter, the city of Thessalonica fell to the Roman army. Rome guaranteed that the Macedonian kingdom would never rise again.
Rome withdrew her troops and allowed Macedonia to continue as a vassal. At that time, Thessalonica became capital of the second district (some Greek manuscripts of Acts 16:12 note that Philippi was “of the first district”). A rebellion against Rome led to Macedonia’s being reconquered and organized into a Roman province in 148 BC. In 146 BC, the Romans named Thessalonica as the capital of the province, since the city had not joined the rebellion. Some twenty-five years later, the Romans built one of the great east-west highways, the Via Egnatia, which traversed Macedonia and extended from Dyrrachium in Illyricum on the Adriatic (Rom. 15:19) to Byzantium, passing through Thessalonica (Acts 17:1) and Philippi (Acts 16:11–12).
Thessalonica was at the heart of Roman power. During the wars between Julius Caesar and Pompey (49–48 BC), the city became a second Rome, as two hundred senators gathered there. A few years afterward, Julius Caesar was assassinated by Brutus and Cassius, who afterward fled to Macedonia. Mark Antony and Octavian (later titled “Augustus”) pursued them and defeated the assassins at the Battle of Philippi (42 BC). In this conflict, Thessalonica sided with Antony and Octavian. As a result, Antony granted Thessalonica the honor of being a “free city,” which meant exemption from taxation to Rome, freedom to mint coins, liberty to govern according to ancient custom, and exclusion of Roman troops garrisoned within the city walls. Later, when Antony struggled with Octavian for control of the empire, Thessalonica remained loyal to Octavian, who defeated Antony at the Battle of Actium (31 BC). The city erased Antony’s name from all honorary inscriptions previously dedicated to him.

Thessalonica was named after Thessaloniki, daughter of Philip II. The inscription on this base, which once held her statue, reads: “Queen Thessaloniki, [daughter] of Philip.” [ Copyright © Baker Photo Archive. Courtesy of the Archaeology Museum of Thessaloniki. ]
Rome remembered Thessalonica’s fidelity, and the city responded by honoring the Romans, even establishing a priesthood dedicated to Dea Roma (the goddess Rome) and the Roman benefactors. The city erected an imperial temple to honor Julius Caesar and Augustus, the adopted son of the “deified” Julius. Bilingual inscriptions from the city in Latin and Greek bear witness to the Roman presence. Moreover, an inscription from the Vardar Gate includes both Roman and Macedonian names among the principal “city officials,” the politarchs (Acts 17:6, 8). Thessalonica reaped economic and political benefits from its loyalty to Rome.
The gospel comes to Thessalonica. The Acts of the Apostles and Paul’s letters to the Thessalonians provide parts of the story of the evangelization of the city and Paul’s continuing relationship with the newly founded church. Some scholars question whether or not the accounts in Acts and the epistles can be harmonized. The underlying question is whether Luke is a faithful historian. However, the convergence of the stories in Acts 17–18 and 1 Thessalonians is strong enough to encourage a more positive assessment of Luke’s record at this point, despite the apparent tensions.
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