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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Peter 1:3

Hath begotten] RV 'begat': the RV rendering brings the moment of begetting before us. The Resurrection must have been to all the Eleven, and to St. Peter especially, such a change from despair to hope as could. only be expressed as a beginning of new life: cp. Romans 6:4; Ephesians 2:5; Philippians 3:10.

If.. ye have tasted, etc.] from Psalms 34:8 : cp. Hebrews 6:5. The Lord in the Psalm is Jehovah. As in other places in NT., words spoken of Him are applied to Christ, through whom God is manifested to man (Hebrews 1:10).

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