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1 | Who is the 'lady'? | 2 John | Makarios | 10786 | ||
Who is the 'lady' (2 John 1:5) that John is writing to? | ||||||
2 | Who is the 'lady'? | 2 John | Searcher56 | 10815 | ||
Nolan, This is either to -a church (the lady is figurative) and the congregation (children) -an unknown lady and her children I'm drawing a blank on the congregation being called the children of the church ... I thought we were all the bride of Christ (Rev 21). So I lean toward the latter. Now I'm going to get wierd: -2 John starts, "The elder", presbuteros (Strong 4245) is an adjective -Presbutis (Strong 4247) is the feminine noun form is found in Titus 2:3 -2 John ends, "The children of your chosen sister send their greetings" (v 13). Since I do not think this verse is referring to a church either... is it possible an older woman was writing this to a younger, or had a significant role in it. Otherwise, why does the letter close like this. -The letter is not signed, as with all of John's letters. -I am aware of what the "experts" by comparing this letter with 1 John and the Gospel of John. But, when I disciple, I may look at one book and build of that. Steve - gone wierd |
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3 | Who is the 'lady'? | 2 John | Makarios | 10822 | ||
Steve, I appreciate your answer, however 'weird' it may get.. :) It is not disputed that John himself is, in fact, the author, describing himself as "The Elder" in 2 John 1, and most of the "experts" seem to think that he wrote this in Ephesus, shortly after 1 John, but none of them agree on the date.. :) MacArthur's Study Bible goes out 'on a limb' and says that the 'lady' is a woman who was well known to John. Zondervan's NIV Study Bible doesn't state which, and neither does Ryrie. Nelson's Study Bible leans towards saying that 'lady' means church.. Oxford's Annotated RSV states that it is a church! So the "experts" don't agree on this either.. My opinion? I honestly do not know, and I ask the question if any of the 2,200 members of this Forum has any decisive 'evidence' for this question.. Thank you, Nolan |
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