Bible Question: Where did the word Rapture come from? It's not in the KJV. |
Bible Answer: 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. |