Bible Question: what is the rapture |
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" Rapiere is the Latin root word for rape, which implied the carrying away of the woman, often in war or of necessity for wives or both. The is a famous Roman latin tale, The Rape of the Sabine Women, which is very similar to an accounts in the Book of Judges chapter 21. Emmaus |
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