Uh…yes, I really AM coming back to paralambano. I do now understand what the suffix “etai” means. But I STILL don’t understand how they take this definition and come up with apostasy.
Definition
- to take to, to take with one's self, to join to one's self
- an associate, a companion
- metaph.
- to accept or acknowledge one to be such as he professes to be
- not to reject, not to withhold obedience
- to receive something transmitted
- an office to be discharged
- to receive with the mind
- by oral transmission: of the authors from whom the tradition proceeds
- by the narrating to others, by instruction of teachers (used of disciples)
taken
3880
3880 paralambano {par-al-am-ban'-o}
from 3844 and 2983; TDNT - 4:11,495; v
AV - take 30, receive 15, take unto 2, take up 2, take away 1; 50
1) to take to, to take with one's self, to join to one's self
1a) an associate, a companion
1b) metaph.
1b1) to accept or acknowledge one to be such as he professes to be
1b2) not to reject, not to withhold obedience
2) to receive something transmitted
2a) an office to be discharged
2b) to receive with the mind
2b1) by oral transmission: of the authors from whom the
tradition proceeds
2b2) by the narrating to others, by instruction of teachers
(used of disciples)
"to take with one's self"
"to join to one's self"
"an associate"
"a companion"
"not to reject"
Luk 18:31 Then
he took (paralambano) unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
Same word and meaning here.
Joh 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and
receive you (paralambano) unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
This is the rapture and guess what? The same exact word and meaning is here too. The one taken is a reference to the rapture.
