Verse 20. Knowing this first] Considering this as a first principle, that no prophecy of the Scripture, whether that referred to above, or any other, is of any private interpretation-proceeds from the prophet's own knowledge or invention, or was the offspring of calculation or conjecture. The word επιλυσις signifies also impetus, impulse; and probably this is the best sense here; not by the mere private impulse of his own mind.
2 PETER 1:20 pa/sa profhtei,a grafh/j Instead of pa/sa profhtei,a grafh/j the copyists of several minuscules (206 378 429 522 614 1108 1758 2138), recollecting the statement about scripture in...
KNOWING THIS FIRST - Bearing this steadily in mind as a primary and most important truth. THAT NO PROPHECY OF THE SCRIPTURE - No prophecy contained in the inspired records. The word “scripture” here s...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE GRACIOUS PROVISIONS OF GOD CHAPTER 1 _ 1. God's gracious provisions in Christ (2 Peter 1:1)_ 2. The development of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:5) 3. The promises o...
THE MAN WHO OPENED DOORS (2 Peter 1:1) _ 1:1 Symeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, writes this letter to those to whom there has been allotted a faith equal in honour and privilege wit...
So this mikes the word of the prophets still more certain for us; and you will do well to pay attention to it, as it shines like a lamp in a dingy place, until the day dawns and the Morning Star rises...
KNOWING. App-132. IS. comes. ANY PRIVATE. its own. Greek. _idios._ INTERPRETATION. Greek. _epilusis._ Only here. The verb _epiluo_ is found in Mark 4:34 (expounded), and Acts 19:39 (determined). Thi...
_knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation_ The true meaning of the passage turns partly on the actual significance of the last word, partly on the sequenc...
ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ΠΡΩ͂ΤΟΝ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΟΝΤΕΣ. The same words recur in 2 Peter 3:3. ΠΑ͂ΣΑ—ΟΥ̓. Hebraistic for οὐδεμία. ΠΡΟΦΗΤΕΊΑ ΓΡΑΦΗ͂Σ prophecy of Scripture—included, contained in Scripture. ἸΔΊΑΣ ἘΠΙΛΎΣΕΩΣ ΟΥ̓ ΓΊΝ...
ΓΙΝΏΣΚΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097) знать. Part, может быть причинным или продолжать оборот из ст. 19 ("вы сделаете хорошо, если обратите внимание"), определяя дух и чувство, с которым...
KNOWING THIS FIRST,— The apostle here assigns an important reason why they were to attend to the word of prophesy as long as they lived; namely, because it was not of human device, but of divine origi...
2 PETER 1:20-21 KNOWING THIS FIRST, THAT NO PROPHECY OF SCRIPTURE IS OF PRIVATE INTERPRETATION. FOR NO PROPHECY EVER CAME BY THE WILL OF MAN: BUT MEN SPAKE FROM GOD, BEING MOVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. _...
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 'Forasmuch as ye know this' (1 Peter 1:18). FIRST - the foremost consideration in studying prophecy; a first p...
VERSE 20. KNOWING THIS FIRST. While taking heed to the prophetic word, I desire you to know one thing in relation to prophecies; that is, that no prophecy is an interpretation of the feelings and sen...
The program of prophecy has gradually become clearer with added revelation. The preexile prophets, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah know only...
1:20 interpretation, (i-18) That is, 'it is not explained by its own meaning,' as a human statement. It must be understood by and according to the Spirit that uttered it. The 'prophecy' is, I take it...
GREEETING. THANKSGIVING. EXHORTATION TO PROGEESS IN RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM ONE WHO REMEMBERS JESUS CHRIST 2 Peter 1 may be subdivided into two parts: (_a_) 2 Peter 1:1, greeting followed by a declaration...
Peter explained why people could trust the *prophets’ message. Jeremiah 23:16 says that the false *prophets of the *Old Testament spoke ‘from their own minds’. They did not speak words that came from...
JESUS WILL RETURN PETER’S SECOND LETTER _HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_ ABOUT THIS LETTER THE WRITER Peter wrote this letter. His name used to be Simon, but Jesus changed it to Peter (John 1:42...
(16-21) The certainty of Christ’s coming again is the basis of these exhortations; and that certainty is proved (1) by the Transfiguration, which was an anticipation of His coming again in glory; (2)...
KNOWING THIS FIRST. — The participle belongs to “take heed” in 2 Peter 1:19. “First” means “first of all” (1 Timothy 2:1), not “before I tell you.” In studying prophecy this is the first thing to be b...
CHAPTER 22 THE LAMP SHINING IN A DARK PLACE 2 Peter 1:19 THE rendering of the first words in this passage must be reckoned among the distinct improvements of the Revised Version. As the translation...
τοῦτο πρῶτον γινώσκοντες. “Recognising this truth above all else” (in your reading of Scripture). The False Teachers appealed to the O.T. scriptures in support of their doctrine. ὅτι πᾶσα … οὐ γίνεται...
_The Transfiguration confirms Prophecy_. “Thus we have still further confirmation of the words of the prophets, a fact to which you would do well to give heed, as to a lamp shining in a murky place, m...
“EYE-WITNESSES OF HIS MAJESTY” 2 Peter 1:12 Peter could never forget what the Master had predicted of his death. See John 21:18. Oh, that in our death, whatever be its mode, we may glorify God! The f...
This Epistle was addressed to the same persons as was the first. Its purpose was to strengthen them in view of dangers threatening them within the Church. The apostle addressed them as having 'like pr...
RELIABLE TRUTHS Peter has been talking about writing this epistle to them so they would remember the important doctrines he, and others, had previously taught them. Now, he tells the reason for wantin...
(13) Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the (n) scripture is of any (o) private interpretation. (13) The prophets are to be read, but so that we ask of God the gift of interpretation, for he who...
_No prophecy of the scripture is made by private interpretation; or, as the Protestants translate it from the Greek, is of any private interpretation, i.e. is not to be expounded by any one's private...
"We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: (20) Knowin...
In the second Epistle of Peter (and here I must be brief, because of the hour; and I may be brief because Jude will afford us a further consideration of it) we have the same substantial truth of God's...
_THE COMING DAWN_ ‘Until the day dawn.’ 2 Peter 1:19 ‘The day.’ What day? The day of all days for this world is the Advent of Christ. That day which will throw over this earth a light never seen bef...
_THE DAY STAR_ ‘And the day star arise in your hearts.’ 2 Peter 1:19 We should leave our subject very incomplete if we did not go on from ‘the day dawn’ to ‘the day star.’ It fills up the interim,...
20._Knowing this first. _Here Peter begins to shew how our minds are to be prepared, if we really wish to make progress in scriptural knowledge. There may at the same time be two interpretations given...
The Second Epistle of Peter is even more simple than the First. Like those of Jude and John, it is written essentially with a view to the seducers, who, with large promises of liberty, beguiled souls...
KNOWING THIS FIRST,.... Especially, and in the first place, this is to be known, observed, and considered; THAT NO PROPHECY OF THE SCRIPTURE, that is contained in Scripture, be it what it will, IS O...
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. Ver. 20. _Of any private interpretation_] That is, of human interpretation: private is not here opposed to publ...
2 Pet. 1:20. "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation." That is, it is not men's speaking their own sense of things or interpreting their own minds, but...
_Knowing this first_ That you may not rashly or ignorantly put a sense upon any part of the prophetic writings, not intended by the Divine Spirit which dictated them; _that no prophecy of the Scriptur...
FIRST; as first in importance. IS OF ANY PRIVATE INTERPRETATION; that is, as the original seems to mean, comes of the prophet's own interpretation. He does not invent his prophecies. They are not his...
The sure word of prophecy:...
KNOWING THIS FIRST, THAT NO PROPHECY OF THE SCRIPTURE IS OF ANY PRIVATE INTERPRETATION....
Peter writes not only as an apostle (as in his first epistle), but as a bondman and apostle. So authority is not only stressed, but lowliness of subjection, a precious reminder in days of deter-mined...
_ 2 Peter 1:20 ‘But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is. matter of one's own interpretation,'_ ‘BUT KNOW THIS FIRST OF ALL' -‘Understanding this, at the outset' (Mof). ‘is meant t...
16-21 The gospel is no weak thing, but comes in power, Romans 1:16. The law sets before us our wretched state by sin, but there it leaves us. It discovers our disease, but does not make known the cur...
KNOWING THIS FIRST; either, principally and above other things, as being most worthy to be known; or, knowing this as the first principle of faith, or the first thing to be believed. THAT NO PROPHECY...
Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II occasion to which its application is useful.[19]...
2 Peter 1:20 knowing G1097 (G5723) this G5124 first G4412 that G3754 no G3756 G3956 prophecy G4394 Scripture...
‘Knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of that person's own explanation, for no prophecy ever came by the will of man, but men spoke from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.' For they...
HIS HONOUR AND GLORY IS ALSO WITNESSED TO BY THE PROPHETS (2 PETER 1:19). And all this had been previously confirmed by the prophets which had prophesied of His coming and His glory. This was no Hell...
2 Peter 1:20. KNOWING THIS FIRST, THAT NO PROPHECY OF SCRIPTURE COMES OF PRIVATE INTERPRETATION. This sentence states a fact which is to be recognised in the heed which should be given to the propheti...
The writer next expresses his resolution to use the brief portion of life now remaining to him in recalling the attention of his readers to the great truths to which he has been referring, and in maki...
KNOWING THIS FIRST (τουτο πρωτον γινωσκοντες). Agreeing with ποιειτε like προσεχοντες in verse 2 Peter 1:19.NO PROPHECY OF SCRIPTURE (πασα προφητεια ου). Like the Hebrew _lo-kol_, but also in the...
ANY PRIVATE Its own interpretation; that is, not isolated from all that the Word has given elsewhere....
2 Peter 1:9. _But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off,_ He is short-sighted; he has some light, and some physical sight, but he cannot see to a distance; spiritually, he is...
2 Peter 1:1. _Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:_ Peter here...
2 Peter 1:16. _For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty._ There is need in th...
CONTENTS: The great Christian virtues. God's Word exalted. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Peter. CONCLUSION: The Christian should be diligent to add one Christian grace to another that he may bring glory...
2 Peter 1:1. _Simon Peter,_ the Greek is Symeon, as in two other places of the Greek text. _To them that have obtained like precious faith,_ the christians of every name. _Through the righteousness of...
ABOVE ALL ELSE. The false teachers, whom Peter warns against, used _made-up legends_ to interpret the prophecies, and even the Good News. Peter explains more about this in _chapter 2._ The Old Testame...
2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 1:20 NO PROPHECY OF SCRIPTURE COMES FROM SOMEONE’S OWN INTERPRETATION, that is, from someone’s individual understanding of events, visions, or other things. Rather, “all prophe...
2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 1:12 Peter’s Reminder to the Churches. Peter contrasts the truth about Christ and the falsehood of man-made myths. In light of this certain truth, the church should focus on li...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 2 Peter 1:16. FABLES.—Legends, myths. With special reference to the narrative of the marvels of the Transfiguration. COMING.—Whether this looks backward or onward is n...
EXPOSITION 2 PETER 1:1 SIMON PETER. "Symeon" seems to be the best-supported spelling in this place. The same form of the name is found in Luke 2:25 and Acts 13:1; it also occurs in...
Second Peter. Simon Peter (2 Peter 1:1), The name Simon, of course, was the given name. Peter is the name that Jesus gave to him. He is, a bondslave and an apostle (2 Peter 1:1) It seems that bond...
1 Timothy 1:9; 2 Peter 3:3; James 1:3; Romans 12:6; Romans 13:11;...
Is [γ ι ν ε τ α ι]. More literally, arises or originates. Private [ι δ ι α ς]. See on ver. 3. His own. Rev., special, in margin. Interpretation [ε π ι λ υ σ ε ω ς]. Only here in New Testament. Compare...
A CALL TO GREATER THINGS 2 Peter 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The author of the Epistle. It is most refreshing and certainly inspiring to open the Bible and find an Epistle which is indited by the Hol...
Ye do well, as knowing this, that no scripture prophecy is of private interpretation — It is not any man's own word. It is God, not the prophet himself, who thereby interprets things till then unknown...
These words are understood variously. 1. Some interpret them thus; That no part of the holy Scripture was written by any private impulse, incitation, or motion, by no suggestion of men's own private s...