Fim do mundo
A Bíblia fala sobre o fim do mundo como evento certo e definitivo. Céus e terra passarão, mas as palavras de Jesus jamais passarão. A questão não é se, mas quando.
Os céus passarão
Os céus e a terra passarão, mas as palavras de Jesus permanecerão para sempre. O mundo presente é temporário.
Ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσονται,35 W [90%] RP,HF,OC,CP,TR ¦ παρελευσεται B,D [10%] NU ¦ ℵ omits verse οἱ δὲ λόγοι μου οὐ μὴ παρέλθωσιν.
»Εὐθέως δὲ μετὰ τὴν θλῖψιν τῶν ἡμερῶν ἐκείνων, ὁ ἥλιος σκοτισθήσεται, καὶ ἡ σελήνη οὐ δώσει τὸ φέγγος αὐτῆς, καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες πεσοῦνται ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ αἱ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν σαλευθήσονται.
»Περὶ δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης καὶ ¦ 1 της [5%] TR ὥρας οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, οὐδὲ οἱ ἄγγελοι τῶν οὐρανῶν,35 W (94.2%) RP,HF,OC,CP,TR ¦ 1 ουδε ο υιος ℵB,D (5.8%) NU εἰ μὴ ὁ Πατήρ μου35 W [92%] RP,HF,OC,CP,TR ¦ --- ℵB,D [8%] NU μόνος.
»Περὶ δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης ἢ35 A [75%] HF,RP,CP ¦ 1 της B,C [15%] OC,NU ¦ και της ℵD,W [8%] TR ¦ και [2%] ὥρας οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, οὐδὲ οἱ ἄγγελοι οἱ35 A,C,W [95%] HF,RP,CP,TR ¦ 12 ℵD [5%] OC,NU ¦ αγγελος B ἐν τῷ35 D [55%] CP ¦ --- ℵA,B,C [40%] HF,RP,TR,OC,NU ¦ των [5%] οὐρανῷ, οὐδὲ ὁ Υἱός, εἰ μὴ ὁ Πατήρ.
O dia do Senhor
O dia do Senhor virá como ladrão. Os céus passarão com grande estrondo, e os elementos se dissolverão no fogo.
Ἥξει δὲ ἡ35 ℵA [82%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- 𝕻72B,C,048 [18%] NU ἡμέρα Κυρίου ὡς κλέπτης ἐν νυκτί,35 C (88%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- 𝕻72ℵA,B,048 (12%) NU ἐν ᾖ35 ℵ,048 [67%] OC ¦ 1 οι 𝕻72A,B,C [33%] RP,HF,TR,CP,NU (Just as in verse 5 ‘heavens’ occurs without the article, so here.) οὐρανοὶ ¦ 1 μεν ℵ [11%] ῥοιζηδὸν παρελεύσονται, στοιχεῖα δὲ καυσούμενα λυθήσονται35 A [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ λυθησεται 𝕻72ℵB,C,048v [6%] NU—καὶ γῆ καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα κατακαήσεται.35 A,048 (90.2%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ κατακαησονται (3.4%) ¦ ευρεθησεται ℵB (3.2%) NU [ευρεθησεται λουμενα 𝕻72 (alone)] ¦ αφανισθησονται C (alone) ¦ --- [part of a larger omission] (2.8%) ¦ ουχ ευρεθησεται [0%] ECM (ECM follows essentially the Sahidic version.) (The reading of NU is inferior to the point of being almost nonsensical.)
Οἱ δὲ νῦν οὐρανοί, καὶ ἡ γῆ, τῷ αὐτοῦ35 ℵC [90%] RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ 1 αυτω 𝕻72A,B [9%] NU ¦ 2 TR ¦ two other variants λόγῳ τεθησαυρισμένοι εἰσὶν πυρί, τηρούμενοι εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως καὶ ἀπωλείας τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἀνθρώπων.
Τούτων οὖν35 ℵA,048 (87.6%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ουτως (𝕻72)B (6.2%) NU ¦ δε ουτως C (3%) ¦ δε (2%) ¦ 1 ουτως (1.2%) πάντων λυομένων, ποταποὺς δεῖ ὑπάρχειν ὑμᾶς35 A,C,048v [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU]ECM ¦ ημας ℵ [8.6%] ¦ --- 𝕻72B [1%] ¦ εαυτους [0.4%] ἐν ἁγίαις ἀναστροφαῖς καὶ εὐσεβείαις, προσδοκῶντας καὶ σπεύδοντας τὴν παρουσίαν τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμέρας, δι᾿ ἣν ¦ 1 οι [20%] οὐρανοί, πυρούμενοι, λυθήσονται, καὶ στοιχεῖα καυσούμενα τήκεται;35 𝕻72ℵA,B,048v [91%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ τακησεται C [7%] CP ¦ τακησονται [1.4%] ¦ two other readings [0.6%]
Περὶ δὲ τῶν χρόνων καὶ τῶν καιρῶν, ἀδελφοί, οὐ χρείαν ἔχετε ὑμῖν γράφεσθαι· αὐτοὶ γὰρ ἀκριβῶς οἴδατε ὅτι ἡ35 A [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵB [3%] NU ἡμέρα Κυρίου ὡς κλέπτης ἐν νυκτὶ οὕτως ἔρχεται. Ὅταν γὰρ35 [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵA [2%] NU ¦ δε B [3%] λέγωσιν, «Εἰρήνη καὶ ἀσφάλεια,» τότε αἰφνίδιος αὐτοῖς ἐφίσταται ὄλεθρος, ὥσπερ ἡ ὠδὶν τῇ ἐν γαστρὶ ἐχούσῃ, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐκφύγωσιν.
Ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἐστὲ ἐν σκότει ἵνα ἡ ἡμέρα ὑμᾶς ὡς κλέπτης καταλάβῃ. Πάντες35 [70%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 γαρ ℵA,B [30%] NU ὑμεῖς υἱοὶ φωτός ἐστε καὶ υἱοὶ ἡμέρας· οὐκ ἐσμὲν νυκτός, οὐδὲ σκότους.
Ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἐστὲ ἐν σκότει ἵνα ἡ ἡμέρα ὑμᾶς ὡς κλέπτης καταλάβῃ. Πάντες35 [70%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 γαρ ℵA,B [30%] NU ὑμεῖς υἱοὶ φωτός ἐστε καὶ υἱοὶ ἡμέρας· οὐκ ἐσμὲν νυκτός, οὐδὲ σκότους. Ἄρα οὖν, μὴ καθεύδωμεν, ¦ καθευδομεν [10%] ὡς καὶ35 [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵA,B [3%] NU οἱ λοιποί, ἀλλὰ γρηγορῶμεν καὶ νήφωμεν· οἱ γὰρ καθεύδοντες νυκτὸς καθεύδουσιν, καὶ οἱ μεθυσκόμενοι νυκτὸς μεθύουσιν· ἡμεῖς ¦ υμεις [1%] OC δὲ ἡμέρας ὄντες35 ℵA,B [88%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ 1 υιοι [12%] CP νήφωμεν, ἐνδυσάμενοι θώρακα πίστεως καὶ ἀγάπης, καὶ περικεφαλαίαν ἐλπίδα σωτηρίας. Ὅτι οὐκ ἔθετο ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς εἰς ὀργὴν ἀλλ᾿ ¦ αλλα ℵB [3%] NU εἰς περιποίησιν σωτηρίας διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ,
Destruição e renovação
O Dia do Senhor trará juízo sobre os ímpios, mas também novos céus e nova terra onde habita a justiça.
Καὶ εἶδον, καὶ35 Me CP ¦ --- Ma,b,d,e,f,g,h,i ℵA,C,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR (The second και is emphatic.) ὅτε ἤνοιξεν τὴν σφραγῖδα τὴν ἕκτην, καὶ ¦ 1 ιδου A,TR σεισμὸς μέγας ἐγένετο· καὶ ὁ ἥλιος μέλας ἐγένετο35 Ma,b,e,f,g,i ℵ,CP,RP,HF,OC ¦ εγενετο μελας Ma,d,e,h,i A,C,NU,TR ὡς σάκκος τρίχινος, καὶ ἡ σελήνη35 Ma,b,d,e,h CP,TR ¦ 1 ολη Ma,d,e,f,g,h,i ℵA,C,RP,HF,OC,NU ἐγένετο ὡς αἷμα. Καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔπεσον ¦ επεσαν ℵA,C,OC,NU,TR εἰς τὴν γῆν, ὡς συκῆ βάλλει35 Me,hpt,ipt A,C,CP,NU,TR ¦ αποβαλλει Md ¦ βαλλουσα Mb,g ℵ,OC ¦ βαλουσα Ma,e,f,gpt RP,HF (The present is stronger than the aorist.) τοὺς ὀλύνθους αὐτῆς ὑπὸ μεγάλου ἀνέμου35 Md,e CP,TR ¦ ∼ 21 Ma,b,d,e,f,g,h,i (ℵ)A,C,RP,HF,OC,NU (A great wind knocks down all figs.) σειομένη.
Καὶ ἐβλήθη ὁ δράκων ὁ μέγας, ὁ ὄφις ¦ ∼ 3412 Ma,h OC ὁ ἀρχαῖος, ὁ καλούμενος Διάβολος καὶ35 Ma,b,d,e,f,g,h,i CP,RP,HF ¦ 1 ο Me,h,i A,C,OC,NU,TR ¦ ο ℵ (OC is in small print.) Σατανᾶς, ὁ πλανῶν τὴν οἰκουμένην ὅλην· ἐβλήθη εἰς τὴν γῆν, καὶ οἱ ἄγγελοι αὐτοῦ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ¦ --- M(d)e ἐβλήθησαν.
»Καὶ ἔσται35 A,C,N,W [99.8%] CP,HF,RP,TR,OC ¦ εσονται ℵB,D,NU σημεῖα ἐν ἡλίῳ καὶ σελήνῃ καὶ ἄστροις, καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς συνοχὴ ἐθνῶν, ἐν ἀπορίᾳ, ἠχούσης35 D,W [93%] CP,HF,RP,TR,OC ¦ ηχους ℵA,B,C,N [7%] NU θαλάσσης καὶ σάλου· ἀποψυχόντων ἀνθρώπων ἀπὸ φόβου καὶ προσδοκίας τῶν ἐπερχομένων τῇ ¦ εν 1 CP οἰκουμένῃ—αἱ γὰρ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν σαλευθήσονται.
Ἀγρυπνεῖτε οὖν35 A,C,N,W [99.8%] CP,HF,RP,TR,OC ¦ δε ℵB,D,NU ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ, δεόμενοι ἵνα καταξιωθῆτε35 A,C,D,N [98%] CP,HF,RP,TR,OC ¦ κατισχυσητε ℵT(W) [1.5%] NU ¦ κατισχυσηται B [0.2%] ἐκφυγεῖν πάντα35 ℵ [85%] CP,HF,RP,OC ¦ ταυτα 1 B,D [11%] TR,NU ¦ 1 ταυτα A,C,N,W [4%] ¦ two other variants τὰ μέλλοντα γίνεσθαι, καὶ σταθῆναι ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου.»
Καὶ εἶδον οὐρανὸν καινὸν καὶ γῆν καινήν, ὁ γὰρ πρῶτος οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ πρώτη γῆ παρῆλθεν·35 Md,e,g,h CP,TR ¦ απηλθεν Mbpt,i ¦ απηλθον Ma,bpt,f,h,ipt RP,HF,OC ¦ απηλθαν ℵA,NU (The earth with its atmosphere is treated as a unit.) καὶ ἡ θάλασσα οὐκ ἔστιν ἔτι. Καὶ ¦ 1 εγω ιωαννης ειδον TR τὴν πόλιν τὴν ἁγίαν, Ἱερουσαλὴμ Καινήν, εἶδον ¦ --- TR καταβαίνουσαν ἀπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ,35 Md,e CP,TR ¦ ∼ 456123 Ma,b,e,f,g,h,i ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU ἡτοιμασμένην ὡς νύμφην κεκοσμημένην τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς. Καὶ ἤκουσα φωνῆς μεγάλης ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ¦ θρονου ℵA,NU λεγούσης· «Ἰδού, ἡ σκηνὴ τοῦ Θεοῦ μετὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ σκηνώσει μετ᾿ αὐτῶν, καὶ αὐτοὶ λαὸς35 Ma,b,e,f,g,i CP,RP,HF,OC ¦ λαοι Md,e,h ℵA,NU,TR αὐτοῦ ἔσονται, καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ Θεὸς ἔσται μετ᾿ αὐτῶν.35 Ma,bpt,e ℵ,CP,RP ¦ ∼ 231 Ma,bpt,f2/7,g,i HF,OC ¦ 123 θεος 3 Md,e,f,h(pt),i TR ¦ ∼ 2313 θεος A[NU] Καὶ ἐξαλείψει πᾶν35 Mbpt,d,e,f,g,h,ipt ℵ,CP,RP,NU ¦ ο θεος 1 Me A,TR ¦ απ αυτων 1 Ma,bpt,ipt HF ¦ απ αυτων ο θεος 1 OC (OC is in small print) δάκρυον ἀπὸ ¦ εκ ℵA,NU τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ὁ θάνατος οὐκ ἔσται ἔτι, οὔτε πένθος οὔτε κραυγὴ οὔτε πόνος—οὐκ ἔσται ἔτι, ὅτι τὰ πρῶτα35 Ma,b,e,f,g,i CP,RP,HF,OC[NU]TR ¦ 2 γαρ 3 Md ¦ 23 Me,h A ¦ 2 προβατα ℵ ἀπῆλθον.»35 Ma,bpt,d,e,gpt,h,ipt CP,RP,OC,TR ¦ απηλθεν Ma,bpt,f,gpt,h,ipt ℵ,HF ¦ απηλθαν A,NU
Καὶ ¦ --- Ma εἶπεν ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου,35 Ma,ept,hpt,ipt CP,TR ¦ 1 τω θρονω Ma,bpt,ept,f,g,hpt,ipt ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ εν τω θρονω Mbpt(d) (Is the Creator relaxed on His throne [dative], a little bored or sad, saying, "Well, you know, I guess I’ll have to start over," or is He sitting on the edge of His chair [genitive], excited, saying, "Hey, I’m going to make everything new!"? We know that as an eye witness John was good at observing detail [Jn. 19:34]; I imagine that it looked to John like He was going to get up and start right then!) «Ἰδού, καινὰ ποιῶ πάντα.»35 Mbpt,e,h,i (ℵ)A,CP,OC,NU ¦ καινοποιω 3 Md,e ¦ ∼ 132 Mept TR ¦ ∼ 312 Ma,bpt,f,g,i RP,HF Καὶ λέγει μοι,35 Ma,bpt,d,e,f,h,i ℵ,CP,RP,OC,TR ¦ --- Ma,bpt,g,h,i A,HF,NU (OC is in small print.) «Γράψον, ὅτι οὗτοι οἱ λόγοι ἀληθινοὶ καὶ πιστοί35 Ma,bpt,d,e,f CP,RP,TR ¦ ∼ 321 Ma,bpt,f2/7,g,h,i ℵA,HF,OC,NU εἰσιν.»35 Ma,d,e,h,i ℵA,CP,RP,OC,NU,TR ¦ 1 του θεου Mbpt,f,i ¦ του θεου 1 Ma,bpt,f2/7,g,ipt HF