{Whose coming is} (hou estin h(8820)parousia). Refers to hon
in verse  8 . The Antichrist has his parousia also. Deissmann
(_Light from the Ancient East_, pp. 374, 378) notes an
inscription at Epidaurus in which "Asclepius manifested his
Parousia." Antiochus Epiphanes is called _the manifest god_
(III Macc. 5:35). So the two Epiphanies coincide. {Lying wonders}
(	erasin pseudous). "In wonders of a lie." Note here the three
words for the miracles of Christ ( Heb 2:4 ), power (dunamis),
signs (s(886d)eia), wonders (	erata), but all according to the
working of Satan (kata energeian tou Satana, the energy of
Satan) just as Jesus had foretold ( Mt 24:24 ), wonders that
would almost lead astray the very elect.