We have also a more sure word of prophecy] RV 'And we have the word of prophecy made more sure,' i.e. OT. prophecy, which is confirmed by this sight and sound: cp. 2 Peter 3:2.

A light that shineth in a dark place] RM 'a lamp shining in a squalid place.' The word 'squalid' prepares the reader for the bad state of things described in the next chapter Until the day dawn, etc.] cp. Song of Solomon 2:17; Song of Solomon 4:6. The Second Coming of Christ is meant.

20f. God gave prophecy of old, not to this or that man, but to the whole Jewish Church; so now it belongs to, and must be interpreted by, the whole Church, under the direction of the Holy Spirit, not by the private, contested opinions of individuals.

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