THESSALONIANS

¹Charles R. Erdman, The Epistles of Paul to the Thessalonians (Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1935), p. 9.

²Because Luke ceases at this point to use “we” in his account in Acts, it is usually held that he did not accompany the party to Thessalonica. Silas is mentioned as being there, but Timothy is not. However, from the Epistles it is clear that Timothy was present.

³The First and Second Epistles to the Thessalonians ( London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1932), p. xiii.

⁴Leon Morris, The First and Second Epistles to the Thessalonians (“The New International Commentary on the New Testament” Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1959), p. 26 .

⁵A few scholars argue for the priority of II Thessalonians, reversing the order of the letters. For a good but brief discussion of this see Morris, op. cit., pp. 37-41.

⁶Bicknell, op. cit., p. xxvii.

⁷For a full treatment of the question of authorship see Bicknell, ibid., pp. xxiv-xxxviii; James Everett Frame, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians (“The International Critical Commentary”; Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1912), pp. 28-54, and including a treatment of words and phrases; William Hendriksen, New Testament Commentary: Exposition of I and II Thessalonians (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1955), pp. 18-30; and Morris, op. cit., pp. 27-36.

⁸An Introduction to the New Testament (Anderson, Indiana: The Warner Press, 1943), p. 160.