παρουσία

παρουσία — parousía

παρουσία, παρουσίας, ἡ (παρών, παροῦσα, παρουσον, from πάρειμι which see) in Greek authors from the Tragg., Thucydides, Plato down; not found in the Sept.;

1. presence: 1Co 16:17; 2Co 10:10; opposed to ἀπουσίᾳ, Php 2:12 (2Ma 15:21; (Aristotle, phys. 2, 3, p. 195a, 14; metaphys. 4, 2, p. 1013b, 14; meteor. 4, 5, p. 382a, 33 etc.)).

2. the presence of one coming, hence, the coming, arrival, advent, ((Polybius 3, 41, 1. 8); Jdt 10:18; 2Ma 8:12; (Hermas, sim. 5, 5, 3 [ET])): 2Co 7:6; 2Th 2:9 (cf. ἀποκαλυφθήσεται; ἡ... πάλιν πρός τινα, of a return, Php 1:26. In the N. T. especially of the advent, i. e. the future, visible, return from heaven of Jesus, the Messiah, to raise the dead, hold the last judgment, and set up formally and gloriously the kingdom of God: Mat 24:3; ἡ παρουσία τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου (27), 37, 39; τοῦ κυρίου, 1Th 3:13; 1Th 4:15; 1Th 5:23; 2Th 2:1; Jas 5:7; 2Pe 3:4; Χριστοῦ, 2Pe 1:16; αὐτοῦ, 1Co 15:23; (1Th 2:19); 2Th 2:8; 2Pe 3:4; (1Jn 2:28); τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμέρας, 2Pe 3:12. It is called in ecclesiastical writings ἡ δευτέρᾳ παρουσία, Ev. Nicod. c. 22 at the end; Justin Martyr, Apology 1, 52 (where see Otto's note); dialog contra Trypho, chapters 40, 110, 121; and is opposed to ἡ πρώτη παρουσία which took place in the incarnation, birth, and earthly career of Christ, Justin Martyr, dialog contra Trypho, chapters 52, 121, cf. 14, 32, 49, etc.; (cf. Ignatius ad Phil. 9 [ET] (and Lightfoot)); see ἔλευσις.