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1 | Where did the word Rapture come from? | Bible general Archive 1 | KLB | 26964 | ||
Where did the word Rapture come from? It's not in the KJV. | ||||||
2 | Where did the word Rapture come from? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 26989 | ||
The English word rapture is not found in English translations of 1 Thessalonians 4:17. Rapture is a transliteration of "rapiemur" in the Latin Vulgate New Testament of St Jerome. 1 Thes 4:17 deinde nos qui vivimus qui relinquimur simul rapiemur cum illis in nubibus obviam Domino in aera Recent "rapture" theology is a whole other discussion and only about one hundred years old and is generally attributed to a man named Darby. |
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