Gustav Adolf Deissmann (1908) showed that the Greek word parousia occurred as early as the 3rd century BC to describe the visit of a king or dignitary to a city - a visit arranged in order to show the visitor's magnificence to the people.
古斯塔夫·阿道夫·德斯曼（Gustav Adolf Deissmann，1908）指出，希腊词parousia早在公元前3世纪就已出现，用来描述了国王或君主访问城市——这是安排好访问，以向人们展示到访者的尊贵。