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Matthew 25:41
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into
everlasting (aionian) fire, prepared for the devil and his angels...

Jude 6
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath
reserved in everlasting (aionian) chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great
day.

It is evident that in each instance the translators interpreted this word to mean what
they thought it should say according to the beliefs they had adopted. In the original KJV
Bibles that were released in the 1600s, the translators included a list of restrictions that
King James of England had placed upon them. One of these instructions was that the Bible
could contain no translation that would upset the orthodoxy of the Church of England. The
Anglican Church taught a doctrine of eternal damnation, therefore the scholars working on
the King James Bible had to conform their translation to this belief.
It is apparent that the translators were very inconsistent in the interpretation of this
word. If the word aion and its variants mean eternal, everlasting, or for ever, then the word
should make sense when interpreted this way in the other Scriptures in which it is found.
In this, it fails the test. Consider how nonsensical the following Scriptures would be.

Ephesians 2:7
That in the eternities (aions) to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in
his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

Colossians 1:26
Even the mystery which hath been hid from eternities (aions) and from generations, but
now is made manifest to his saints...

Ephesians 2:2
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the eternity (aion) of this world, according
to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of
disobedience.

Hebrews 1:2
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all
things, by whom also he made the eternities (aions);

John 9:32
Since the eternity (aion) began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that
was born blind.

It is quite obvious that the Greek word aion is not referring to eternity in these and
many other verses. The Greek word aion refers to an age that has a beginning and an end.
Its variants refer to ages, or as an adjective to that which is age-lasting, or age-abiding. J.
Preston Eby in his writing The Savior of the World, shares the following:

And now in reviewing the Scriptures we have just quoted we note that this aion is
something which has a king; it has princes; it is in darkness; it had a beginning; it has an
ending; it is evil; it has wisdom; it has children who marry; it has cares. The aions we find