Why Foreign Missions? 20h. The Gospel According to Paul—Word Study 5: Myst ē rion The term ‘ myst ērion ’ is the fifth term to consider in a discussion of the Gospel. It has no nuanced meaning as a word, but it does have two contextual uses of interest to a study of the term in relation to the Gospel. One is the use of the term in Daniel 2, and the other is the use of the term in the Graeco-Roman world. These uses shed light on the use of the term in the New Testament and, particularly, Paul’s use of the term in reference to the Gospel. ‘Mystery’ in Daniel The word ‘mystery’ is only found in the Greek Old Testament in Daniel chapter 2. King Nebuchadnezzar required of his sages not only that they tell the mysterious meaning of his dream to him but also that they tell him what he dreamed in the first place. What he dreamed, and the meaning of the dream, were truly a mystery. Yet Daniel was able, by God’s revelation, to tell this mystery. The king’s dream was about a l