Parousia

[ puh-roo-zee-uh, -see-uh, pahr-oo-see-uh ]

/ pəˈru zi ə, -si ə, ˌpɑr uˈsi ə /

(lowercase) Platonism. the presence in any thing of the idea after which it was formed.

Origin of Parousia

1870–75; < Greek parousía a being present, presence, equivalent to par- par- + ous- (stem of ôn, present participle of eînai to be) + -ia -ia

Luke, or his source, wishes to indicate that the parousia may be in the night, and so adds the words and .

Sources of the Synoptic Gospels |Carl S. Patton
Luke (xvii, 34) wishes to suggest that the parousia may occur in the night.

Sources of the Synoptic Gospels |Carl S. Patton
They also betray the expectation of the early coming of the parousia.

Sources of the Synoptic Gospels |Carl S. Patton
Furthermore, it is not only in the earlier epistles that expressions occur which seem to suggest that the Parousia is near.

The Literature and History of New Testament Times |J. Gresham (John Gresham) Machen

They betray the conviction that the time of the parousia is near.

Sources of the Synoptic Gospels |Carl S. Patton

parousia

/ (pəˈruːsɪə) /

Christianity another term for the Second Coming

C19: from Greek: presence