Subject: Who is the 'lady'? |
Bible Note: 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 |