By Dan Maines

The Greek Word Mello

The Greek word mello is used 109 times in the Bible. And to my knowledge, is rarely taught in today's traditional church. For those hearing this for the first time, The Greek mello means imminent, about to be, about to happen. Knowing the true meaning of this word may bring a different outcome to your beliefs. I believe if people knew the truth of this Greek word many would leave religion and become Bereans only.

There are numerous times that "mello" have been incorrectly translated or not translated at all. Understanding "mello" will bring a whole new meaning than what is taught in today's church.

mello - The KJV translates Strong's G3195 in the following manner: shall (25x), should (20x), would (9x), to come (9x), will (7x), things to come (4x), not translated (3x), miscellaneous (33x).

Outline of Biblical Usage 1. to be about A. to be on the point of doing or suffering something B. to intend, have in mind, think to

Strong's Definitions mello a strengthened form of G3199 to intend, i.e. be ABOUT TO BE, ... (caps for clarification)

Let's look at a few of them:

From Matthew 3:7-12 where it says "flee from the wrath to come" (verse 7) inserting the correct meaning it would read "flee from the wrath about to come"

From Matthew 16:27-28 Mello is translated as shall instead of about to. When we read the correct translation it would read "For the Son of man is about to come ..." The meaning is close or near about to happen. NOT 2000 years later. From Matthew 17:22 it says The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men. Now we know for a fact it should read The Son of man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men. We know this happened fairly quickly.

Let me give you a couple they got right (Mark 13:2-4, Acts 20:3)

From Acts 24:15 the correct meaning would read "there's about to be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust." I encourage you to research this for yourself. The world has been misled. If this verse would have been translated correctly, the churches would understand what it was intended to mean.

From Acts 24:25 same thing translated incorrectly. The correct meaning is judgment was about to happen.

From Ephesians 1:21 were it says "which is to come" should read "which about to come" The meaning is its about to happen pretty quickly. And we know it did.

From 2 Timothy 4:1 It should read "who is about to judge ..." This changes the way were were taught. This is saying it's about to happen soon. NOT 2,000 years soon!

From Hebrews 10:26-27 instead of "which shall devour the adversaries" here again, This is about to happen.

From Revelation 1:19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; It should read "and the things which are about to be hereafter".

If we were taught this earlier in our lives, there would be less confusion, in today's church.

If this would have been correctly translated we would have known the truth long ago. Our understanding of the second coming, judgment and resurrection would have been easier to understand.

Don't just take my word for it, search for the true meaning of The Greek word Mello.

Even the Catholics are aware of the miss translation. A Catholic writes:

I've been reading some materials that say a certain Greek word, that is "mello," is often mistranslated. The meaning of the word is "about to be." Supposedly, certain Scriptures contain this word and give a sense of immanency that is obscured by a poor translation. I reviewed a number of these immanency Scriptures and have concluded most are satisfied as predictions fulfilled with the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple in AD 70. One that has troubled me is Acts 24:15. It reads as follows:

I have the same hope in God as they themselves have that there will be a resurrection of the righteous and the unrighteous.

According to the materials I've been reading, it is more accurately translated as "I have the same hope in God as they themselves have that there IS ABOUT TO BE "a" resurrection of the righteous and the unrighteous."

Again, don't just take my word for it or anyone else. Study it for yourself. Thank you for reading.