ἀποκατάστασις, ἀποκαταστάσεως, ἡ (ἀποκαθίστημι, which see), restoration: τῶν πάντων, the restoration not only of the true theocracy but also of that more perfect state of (even physical) things which existed before the fall, Act_3:21; cf. Meyer at the passage (Often in Polybius, Diodorus, Plutarch, others.)

ἀποκατάστασις apokatastasis 1x pr. a restitution or restoration of a thing to its former state; hence, the renovation of a new and better era, Act_3:21

* ἀπο -κανά -στασις , -εως , ἡ ( < ἀποκαθίστημι ), restoration: Act_3:21 (in τ . of repairs and restorations of temples, v. MM , s.v. ).†

ἀποκατάστασις [page 63] This subst., which in the NT is found only in Act_3:21 , occurs in the sense of restitution in P Par 63 viii. 40 ff. (B.C. 164) παντάπασιν δὲ μετὰ τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν πραγμάτων νυνεὶ ἀποκατάστασειν ὁρμῶμεν ἀπὸ βραχείων μόλεις εὐσχημονεῖν , P Leid B iii. 15 καὶ τούτων τὴν ἀποκατάστασιν ἡμῖν γενηθῆναι . So in Syll 552 (late ii/B.C.) twice with reference to the renewal of the temple cell of the goddess Artemis at Magnesia .13 εἰς τὴν ἀποκατάστασιν τοῦ ναοῦ συντέλειαν εἴληφεν , and .23 συντελέσαι τὴν ἀποκατάστασιν τῆς θεοῦ , and in OGIS 483 .8 (ii/B.C.) of the repair of a public way ἔκδοσιν ποιησάμενοι τῆς ἀποκαταστάσεως τοῦ τόπου . In P Oxy I. 67 .9 (a dispute concerning property A.D. 338) it is laid down, εἰ πρὸς τὴν τῶν ὑπὸ τῶν αἰτιαθέντων διακατέχεσθαι λ [εγ ]ομένων οἰκοπ [έ ]δ [ων ] ἀποκατάστασιν κτλ ., if the accused persons protest against the restoration of the estates of which they are said to be in occupation, etc. In the third century petition, P Oxy I. 70, the editors render .10 ff. συνέβη δὲ ἀποκατάστασίν με ποιήσασθαι πρὸς αὐτὸν τῷ διελθόντι κ̄ (ἔτει ), by it happened that a balancing of accounts took place between us in the past 20th year. Add P Flor I. 43 .12 (A.D. 370) χειρογ̣[ρα ]φείαν ἤτοι ἀσφάλειαν τῆς ἀποκαταστάσεως τούτων , P Strass I. 26 .7 (iv/A.D.) μετὰ τὴν ἀποκατάστασιν τούτων παρὰ Φοιβάμμωνος Παπνουθίου λάμβανε τὴν πρᾶσιν , and Chrest. II. p. 117, printed above under ἀποθήκη . Another noun-formation occurs in P Tebt II. 424 .8 (late iii/A.D.) ὡς ἐα̣̣ ( l. ἐὰν ) μὴ ἀποκαταστ̣ασίας [δ ]ὴ πέμψῃς [ο ]ἶδάς σου τὸ [ν ] κίνδυνον , so unless you now send discharges (of debts) you know your danger (Edd.). To the literary record may be added Epicurus 8 .9 (Linde Epic. p. 32). On the astrological use of ἀποκατάστασις (= the final point of agreement of the world s cyclical periods) as underlying the NT idea, see J. Lepsius in Exp. VIII. iii. p. 158 ff., where reference is also made to Brandes Abhandl. z. Gesch. des Orients , p. 123, The Egyptian Apokatastasis-years.

ἀπο-κατά-στασις, -εως, ἡ (ἀποκαθίστημι), restoration: Act.3:21 (in τ. of repairs and restorations of temples, see MM, see word).† (AS)