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2 Peter 1:17

When there came [ε ν ε χ θ ε ι σ η ς]. Lit., having been born. Compare come (Rev., ver. 18); moved (ver. 21); and rushing wind, lit., a wind born along (Acts 2:2).

From [υ π ο]. Lit., by.

Excellent [μ ε γ α λ ο π ρ ε π ο υ ς]. Or sublime. Only here in New Testament. In Septuagint (Deuteronomy 33:26), as an epithet of God, excellency. The phrase excellent glory refers to the bright cloud which overshadowed the company on the transfiguration mount, like the shekinah above the mercy - seat.

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    2 PETER 1:17 o` ui`o,j mou o` avgaphto,j mou ou-to,j evstin {B} The original text appears to have been preserved only in î72 B (the Coptic and Ethiopic are ambiguous), all the other witnesses having...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 17. _FOR HE RECEIVED HONOUR AND GLORY_] In his transfiguration our Lord received from the Father honour in the voice or declaration which said, This is my Son, the beloved One, in whom I have d...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR HE RECEIVED FROM GOD THE FATHER HONOUR AND GLORY - He was honored by God in being thus addressed. WHEN THERE CAME SUCH A VOICE TO HIM FROM THE EXCELLENT GLORY - The magnificent splendor; the brig...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    For it was not cleverly invented fables that we followed when we made known to you the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; it was because we were made eye-witnesses of his majesty. This hap...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FATHER. App-98. CAME. was borne. Greek. _phero,_ as in 1 Peter 1:13 (brought). SUCH. Greek. _toiosde._ Only here. Implying emphasis. The usual word is _toioutos,_ which occurs 61 times. FROM. by. A...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _For he received from God the Father honour and glory_ The Greek construction is participial, FOR HAVING RECEIVED …, the structure of the sentence being interrupted by the parenthetical clause which f...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΛΑΒῺΝ ΓᾺΡ … There is an anacoluthon here: λαβών has no verb. It is probable that the writer had intended to complete the sentence by writing ἐβεβαίωσεν τὸν προφητικὸν λόγον (in 2 Peter 1:19)—for 2 Pet...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Remember that we Apostles had ocular evidence for the truth of what we preach to you, for instance at the Transfiguration, when we saw the glory and heard the voice. ΜΎΘΟΙΣ ἘΞΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΉΣΑΝΤΕΣ is one of...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΛΑΒΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983) брать, принимать. _Aor._ указывает на завершенное событие, ΤΙΜΉ (G5092) честь. Здесь это слово обозначает возвышенное положение Иисуса, которое обус...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2 PETER 1:17-18 FOR HE RECEIVED FROM GOD THE FATHER HONOR AND GLORY, WHEN THERE WAS BORNE SUCH A VOICE TO HIM BY THE MAJESTIC GLORY, THIS IS MY BELOVED SON, IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED: AND THIS VOICE W...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. RECEIVED ... HONOUR - in the voi...

  • Commentary on the Minor Epistles by Caton

    VERSE 17. FOR HE RECEIVED FROM GOD THE FATHER. A such qualified eye-witness, and as a man shortly to die, I again assert the fact to be that Jesus Christ whom we preach was recognized by the Father w...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    1 The introduction of the name Simeon, before Peter, and slave in addition to apostle, gives us a clue to the character of this second epistle. The emphasis is laid on practice rather than precept. It...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:17 received (g-3) Lit. 'for having received.' uttered (h-15) Or 'brought,' as 1 Peter 1:13 , or 'borne to him.' It is the passive aorist participle of the Greek word _ phero_ , from which the word t...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Peter, James and John saw God the Father give ‘honour and *glory’ to Jesus. They did not see God. But they saw a great cloud which was full of bright light. They heard the voice of God, which came fro...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FOR HE RECEIVED. — Literally, _For having received._ The sentence is unfinished, owing to the long dependent clause, “when there came... well pleased.” The natural ending would be, “He had us as His a...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (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)...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 21 THE VOICE HEARD IN THE HOLY MOUNT 2 Peter 1:12 UP to this point the Apostle has spoken of God's abundant grace and the consequent duties of believers. And he has set forth these duties in...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The fact of the Transfiguration a guarantee of the writer's truthfulness_. “For we are not without facts to rest upon. Our preaching of the power and coming of Jesus Christ was not based on sophistic...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    λαβὼν. It is well-nigh impossible to say what is the case agreement of the participle here. It is at least certain that the subject is Jesus. Dietlein, Schott, Ewald, and Mayor agree that the writer i...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    "Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. (13) Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this ta...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    17._For he received from God the Father. _He chose one memorable example out of many, even that of Christ, when, adorned with celestial glory, he conspicuously displayed his divine majesty to his thre...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR HE RECEIVED FROM GOD THE FATHER HONOUR AND GLORY,.... Not as an inferior from a superior, for he was equal in glory with the Father, and was, and is, the brightness of his Father's glory; nor esse...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Ver. 17. _This is my beloved Son...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    2 Pet. 1:16-18. "But were eye-witnesses of his majesty," etc. They, the apostles, had not only _heard_ him say, that he would come in his kingdom in power and great glory, but they were in a sort eye-...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _For_ These things are worthy of being always remembered and regarded; for _we have not followed cunningly-devised fables_ Like those common among the heathen, but things infallibly true and infinitel...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    FOR HE RECEIVED FROM GOD THE FATHER HONOR AND GLORY WHEN THERE CAME SUCH A VOICE TO HIM FROM THE EXCELLENT GLORY, THIS IS MY BELOVED SON, IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE RELIABILITY OF THE GOSPEL AND OF THE PROPHECY. The apostles as witnesses of Christ's majesty:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    _ 2 Peter 1:17 ‘For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an utterance as this was made to Him by the Majestic Glory, “This is My beloved Son with whom. am well-pleased”'_ ‘FOR' -...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Either HONOUR AND GLORY for glorious honour; or GLORY may relate to that lustre which appeared in the body of Christ at his transfiguration, MATTHEW 17:2, and HONOUR to the voice which came to him fro...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Five Books in Reply to Marcion 350 From "the effulgent glory"[114]...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Peter 1:17 For G1063 received G2983 (G5631) from G3844 God G2316 Father G3962 honor G5092 and G2532 glory...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there was borne such a voice to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased,” ' For he wants them to know...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    PETER CONFIRMS THAT WHAT HE HAS SAID ABOUT THE GLORY OF JESUS OUR LORD IS BASED ON HIS OWN FACTUAL EXPERIENCE (2 PETER 1:16). They have been called by His own glory and excellence (2 Peter 1:3), and h...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    2 Peter 1:17. FOR HE RECEIVED FROM GOD THE FATHER HONOUR AND GLORY. In the original it is ‘For having received,' etc., the sentence being broken by what is said about the voice, and the writer hurryin...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    FOR HE RECEIVED (λαβων γαρ). Second aorist active participle nominative singular of λαμβανω, "he having received," but there is no finite verb, anacoluthon, changing in verse 2 Peter 1:19 (after par...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    WE WERE THERE. See Matthew 17:1-8 and notes. Peter, James, and John were there when Jesus was _transfigured._ Peter points to this event as PROOF of the truth of the Good News!!! And certainly the tra...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 1:17 MAJESTIC GLORY. A name for God the Father that emphasizes the power of his presence (see Exodus 33:12;...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 11:31; 2 John 1:3; Isaiah 42:1;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    For he received divine honour and inexpressible glory — Shining from heaven above the brightness of the sun. When there came such a voice from the excellent glory — That is, from God the Father. Matth...

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