1 Peter 1:24

Of man. Following the reading ajnqrwpou, in the Septuagint, Isaiah 40:6, which Peter quotes here. But the best texts read aujthv, of it, or, as Rev., thereof.

Withereth [ε ξ η ρ α ν θ η]. Literally, the writer puts it as in a narrative of some quick and startling event, by the use of the aorist tense : withered was the grass. Similarly, the flower fell [ε ξ ε π ε σ ε ν]. Lit., fell off, the force of ejk.