PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Expositor's Greek Testament — Volume 5
Nicoll, W. Robertson (editor), 1851-1923 · 315,635 words · 520 reading sections
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16 τῶν ἀφρόνων ὡς ἐπικάλυμμα ἔχο 17 00 δοῦλοι πάντας τιµή 18 τὸν Ov do τασσόµενοι ἐν παντὶ 10 ἀγαθοῖς (cf. Luke xxi. 12) or of Jet. xxxix. 3, ἢγε- poves βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος. Contrast vague general term, ἐξουσίαις ὑπερεχ' ὡς - - » which St. Paul employed before his visit to Ἐοπε.- πεμπ., as being sent through …
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The Vulgate has dyscolis = δυσκόλοις; Hesychius, σκολιός. ἄδικος; Prov. xxviii. 18, 6 σκολιαῖς ὁδοῖς πορευόµενος x. 6 πορευόµενος δικαίως. Vv. 19 f. Summary application of the teaching of Jesus recorded in Luke vi. 27- ——— 16—23. γὰρ Χάρις εἰ διὰ συνίδη ἀδίκως. 1 ποῖον γὰρ κλέος εἰ ἆ µενοι ' ὕπομε ὑπομενεῖ…
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Ver. 23. Combination of the Scripture οὐκ ἀνοίγει τὸ στόµα (Isa. liii, 7) with the saying ὅταν ὀνειδίσωσιν και διώξωσιν (Matt. v. 11). For λοιδ. cf. 1 Cor. iv. 12. λοιδορούμενοι εὐλογοῦμεν (εἴπωσιν πᾶν πονηρόν of Matt. 1...) John ix. 28, ν the Jews ἐλοιδόρησαν the once blina man as Jesus’ disciple and, for O.T. …
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Ver. 25 = Isa. lili. 6, πάντες ws πρό- Bata ἐπλανήθημεν combined with Ez. xxxiv. 6, where this conception of the people and their teachers (the shepherds of Israel) is elaborated and the latter de- nounced because τὸ πλανώμενον οὐκ ἐπεστρέψατε. Further the use of this metaphor in the context presupposes the say…
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Ver. 4. Yours be the secret man of the heart not the outward ornament. A better antithesis and a pretty paradox would be ~ ἐν τῶ ἀφθάρτῶ τοῦ 5 ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θῦ πολυ γυναῖκες 6 σόµεναι τοῖς c A , > a Αβραὰμ κύριον αὐτὸν 7 θοποιοῦ ἠσυχίου καὶ πραέως τελές. at ἐλπίζουσαι eis OF ἰδίοις ἀνδράσιν: ὡς καλοῦσα. σ…
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Ver. 7. Duty of husbands to their wives. Application of principle πάντας τιµήσατε.- κατὰ γνῶσιν, for the , lol - παν ὁμοίως συνοι κοῦντες κατὰ γνῶσι τῶ γυναικείω dao χάριτος ζωῆς εἰς τὸ τὸ δὲ τέλος, πάντες ὁ εὔσπλαγ Ἅνοι ταπεινόφρονες : ἢ λοιδορί αν ἀντὶ λοιδορίας: τοῦ 5 3 Led > οτι εις TOUTO € woman is the…
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νέµοντες τειμὴν OS μὴ ἐγκόπτεσθαι ταῖς µόφρονες συμπαθεῖς μὴ ἀποδιδόντες KAKO κλήθητε, ἵνα εὐλογία 65 ὡς ἀσθενεστέρω σκεύ ει καὶ συγκληρονόµοις προσευχαῖς ὑμῶν. Φιλάδελφοι 8 ἀντὶ κακοῦ 9 ναντίον δὲ εὐλογοῦ κληρονοµήσητε. law for all love since love is the end of the law.—ép6poves, of one mind, united, an…
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θέλων ζωὴν ἀγαπᾶ., ~ , σαν ἀπὸ κακοῦ, καὶ χεί 3 , Ν σάτω εἰρήνην, καὶ δι ους, καὶ ὦτα αὐτοῦ ποιοῦντας κακά. τὸν δὲ φόβον ad ΠΠ. καὶ ἰδεῖν ἡμέρας dya as, Ay τοῦ μὴ λαλῆσαι σάτω ἀγαθόν : Φθαλμοὶ Ku πρόσωπον ὑμᾶς, A ‘ ἀπὸ κακοῦ καὶ ποιη ΄ > , oe > ωξάτω αὐτήν, ὅτι ὁ 3 / 7 A eis δέησιν αὐτῶν" A , καὶ …
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aI—17. Ky δὲ τὸν Χν ] ἁγιάσα A , A ~ πρὸς ἀπολογίαν παντὶ τῷ ἐν ὑμῖν ἐλ πίδος * συνείδησιν ἔχοντες αισχυ ἀναστροφήν * θῶσιν ot ἐπηρεάζον κρεῖττον γὰρ ἆγαθο τε ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις 6 αἰτοῦντι ὑμᾶς λογο ἀλλὰ μετὰ πρα > οκ ὦ > 9 ἀγαθήν ' ἵνα ἐν ᾧ τες ὑμῶν τὴν ἀγαθὴ 67 μῶν ἔτοιμοι del 15 περὶ τῆς ύτητος καὶ …
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Ver. 17. κρεῖττον, cf. ii. 19 f., where χάρις κλέος correspond to μισθὸν περισ- σόν of the sources.—et θέλοι τὸ θέλημα θεοῦ. Again optative im- plies that it is a purely hypothetical case (cf. ver. 14). For the semi-personification 68 18 τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θῦ πά ἅπαξ πε ἡμᾶς προσαγάγῃ of thé will of God compare Ep…
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σχειν ἢ κακοποιοῦν 4 ς ~ ” ρὶ ἁμαρτιῶν ἔπαθεν θανατωθεὶς μὲν σαρ [] ‘ a τας; οτι και Χς δίκαιος ὑπὲρ ἀδίκω. ἵνα. κὶ ζωοποιηθεὶς δὲ Accordingly they are bound and their children slay one another leaving their disembodied spirits to propagate sin in the world even after it has been purged by the Flood. But Ch…
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ἐν φυλακῇ πνεύμα ε ὅτε ἀπεξεδέχετο 3 τέστι ὀκτὼ ψυχαὶ νῦν σώζει βάπτισμα που ἀλλὰ συνειδήσε 6ο σιν πορευθεὶς 19 ἡ τοῦ OG 2ο σκευαζοµένης κειβώ διεσώθησαν δι’ ὕδα- οὐ σαρ- 21 ως ἀγαθῆς ἐπερώτη 1 Dr. Rendel Harris would restore ἑνώχ after ἐν ᾧ καὶ (49), supposing that a scribe has blundered “ in dropping som…
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6 avr. which corresponding to the (pre- existent) type (cf. Heb. ix. 24 the earthly temple is ἀντίτυπα τῶν ἀληθινῶν). The following definition by exclusion con- trasts Christian baptism with Jewish and pagan lustrationsand also with the Deluge which was a removal of sin-fouled flesh from the sinners of old (iv. …
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ως 10 X& Gs ἐστιν ἐν δε οὐρανὸν ὑποταγέν ων Xb οὖν παθόντος 2 εἰς τὸ µηκέτι ἀνθρώ λοιπον ἐν σαρκὶ βιῶ γὰρ > ὁ παρεληλυθὼς III. 2». Ἱν. ξιᾷ ©0! πορευ- των αὐτῷ ἀγγέλων & ἐξου- σαρκὶ ὃ καὶ ὑμεῖς τὴν σθε' ὅτι ὁ παθὼν σαρκὶ πέπαυται πων ἐπιθυμίαις ἀλλὰ σαι χρόνον " χρόνος ὃ τὸ βούλημα TO 1 After θεοῦ the Vulg…
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Ver. 3. The use of the rare ἁρκετός indicates the saying which St. Peter here ἐθνῶν κατειργάσθαι - αις οἰνοφλυγίαις κώ 5 / ats ἐν ᾧ ξενίζονται τῆς ἀσωτίας ἀνάχυσι, applies, sufficient unto the day [that is past] izs evil. Compare Ezek. xliv. 6, ἱκανούσθω ὑμῖν ἀπὸ πασῶν τῶν ἀνομιῶν ὑμῶν. The detailed descripti…
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πεπορευµένους ἐν pots πότοις καὶ ade μὴ συντρεχόντων βλασφημῦνταις ot κε ἀσελγείαις ἐπίθυμι µίτοις εἰδωλολατρεί ὑμῶν εἰς τὴν αὐτὴν 4 ἀποδώσουσι λόγον 5 hd consent has been rendered as it rom “\ run. It thus corresponds to St. Paul’s συνευδοκεῖν (Rom. i. 32).— ἀσωτίας, profligacy. According to Aristotle a. …
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Ver. 7. But the end of all things and men has drawn nigh; Christians also must be ready, watch and pray, as Jesus taught in the parable of Mark xiii. 34-37 (cf. xiv. 38).-σωφρονήσατε paral- lels ἀσελγ. ἐπιθυμίαις (ver. 3) of. 4 Macc. i. 31, temperance ts restraint of lust. In Rom. xii. 3 St. Paul plays on the me…
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κονοῦντες ὡς καλοὶ ὡς λόγια OT" ρηγεῖ 6 OS: ἵνα ἐν πᾶσιν Χῦ ᾧ ἐστιν ἡ δόξα καὶ ἀγαπητοί, μὴ σμὸν ὑμῖν τεινοµέ 73 καθὼς ἔλαβεν χάρισμα Το οἰκονόμοι ποικίλης εἴ τις διακο IT δοξάζηται \ > ‘ 3 τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἱ ξενίζεσθε τῇ ἐν 12 νη ὡς ξενοῦ ministration of God’s gifts other than those of speech—primay…
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βαίνοντος ' ἀλλὰ καθὸ o Noes | a τε ἵνα καὶ ἐν TH ἄποκα χαρῆτε ἀγαλλιώμενοι * τὸ τῆς δόξης 1 καὶ τὸ τοῦ τις ὑμῶν πασχέτω κοινωνεῖτε τοῖς TOU Χῦ λύψει τῆς δόξης εἰ ὀνειδίζεσθε ἐν ὀνό ματι Θῦ πνεῦμα ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς ὡς φονεὺς ἢ κλέπτης 1 After δόξης the first hand of Codex Sinaiticus with the consent of many manu- sc…
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ἢ κακοποιὸς ἢ ὡς GX λοτριεπίσκοπος: εἰ δὲ αἰσχυνέσθω δοξαζέ ‘ μη ὅτι 6 και pos τοῦ ἄρξασθαι τὸ Θῦ εἰ δὲ πρῶτον a τῷ τοῦ OG εὐαγγελίω: 3 ‘ ασεβὴς Χοντες κατὰ τὸ ae 9 A καὶ ἁμαρτωλὸς ποῦ σαν τὰς ψυχὰς ἐν ἆ τω δὲ τὸν OF ἐν κρίµα ἀπὸ τοῦ πὸ ἡμῶν τί τὸ τέλος Δ 3 ε , , καὶ et 6 δίκαιο pois avettar: ὥστε καὶ…
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faithfulness (MN bys, Έσι Ίο) 18 the faithful Creator to whom the soul He gave and redeemed (Ps. /.c.) may confidently return. CuapreR V.—Ver.1. οὖν, therefore —since your suffering is according to God's will and calls only for the normal self-devotion, which Christ required of His disciples—go on with the duti…
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ς ‘ aA , των ὁ καὶ τῆς μελλού µάνατε τὸ ἐν ὑμῖν κουσίως μὴ δὲ αἰσχρο σβύτερος καὶ µάρτυς τῶν τοῦ XT σης ἀποκαλύπτεσθαι ποίµνιον τοῦ OF μὴ κερδῶς ἀλλὰ of the sufferings of the Messiah. He had witnessed but at the last test refused to share them.—é...Kkotv@vés. Peter will share the future glory which Christ a…
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σβυτέροις ' πάντες δὲ βώσασθε 2 ὅτι OF Se δίδωσιν χάριν’ ταπει δα τος τοῦ ἀρχιποίμενος κομιεῖσθε 4 Φανον ΄ ὁμοίως νεώ τεροι 5 ἀλλήλοις τὴν τάπει Ρρηφάνοις ἀντι- νώθητε 6 1 Codex Vaticanus is alone in omitting verse 3, μηδ ὡς κατακυριεύοντες τῶν κλήρων ἀλλὰ τύποι γινόµενοι τοῦ ποιµνίον. 2 For the unfamiliar ἐ…
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Ver.6. ταπεινώθητε οὖν echoes the exhortation and its accompanied ~ 78 οὖν ὑπὸ TH 7 καιρῷ: πᾶσαν τὴν µέ ὃ ὅτι δικος bua ϱ ζητῶν καταπιεῖν ᾧ αὐτὰ τῶν παθηµατω: 1Ο ἐπιτε λεῖσθε - scripture in νετ. 5—obey in order that the promise (Luke xiv. 11) may be fulfilled for you, he that humbleth himself shall be exa…
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κραταιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ OG ριµναν ὑμῶν ἐπιρεί 2 See μα με αὐτῷ µέλει περὶ ὑμῶ διάβολος ὡς λέων ὦ ἀντιστῆτε στερεοὶ ὁ δὲ O§ πάσης ἵνα ὑμᾶς Spoon ἐν 9 3 ο... ψαντες em αὐτὸν , , eens ν / νήψατε γρηγορήσα τε ὁ ἀντι- ρυόµενος περιπατεῖ τῇ πίστει εἰδότες τὰ ἀδελφότητι ~ 3 ~ / ε a” τῇ ἐν TO κόσµω ὑμῶ , e / c ~ x…
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Ver. 11. Liturgical formula, adapted αὐτοῦ δόξαν ἐν τῷ XO fe. σθενώσει' αὐτῷ pat δί ὀλίγων ἔγραψα εἶναι ἀληθῆ χάριν τοῦ 79 ὀλίγον παθόντας αὖ τὸ κράτος εἰς II βανοῦ ὑμῖν τοῦ πιστοί 12 παρακαλῶν καὶ Θῦ εἰς ἣν in iv. 11 (ἐστιν), which occurs in 1 Tim. vi. 16; John 25; Apoc. i. 6; v. 13. Vv. 12-14. Postscript…
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ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς ἡ ἐ ἀσπάσασθε ἀλλή KTH καὶ hous ἐν φιλήματι a Βαβυλῶνι συνεκλε πᾶσι τοῖς ἐν XG. old) Israel, not that it was the centre of the world (Oec.). Literal interpreta- tions (i.) Babylon, (ii.) Babylon in Egypt are πιοάετη.--Μᾶρκος 6 vids pov. Oecumenius interprets son of spiritual relationship and a…
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nN a i Pip iy ἡ η μαμα INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER I. AUTHENTICITY AND DATE. ExTERNAL EVIDENCE. Fourth Century.—In considering the external evidence for the authenticity of 2 Peter, it will be found most convenient to proceed from the earliest date when its place was fixed in the Canon of the New Testament. This d…
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Another indication of fourth century opinion is the inclusion of 2 Peter in the catalogues of GRecory ΝΑΖΙΑΝΖΕΝ (d. 391), CyrIL oF JERUSALEM (d. 386), and Aruanastius (d. 373). One catalogue which is contained in the CopExX CLAROMONTANUS (sixth century), and re- garded by Tischendorf and Westcott as earlier than th…
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δ6 INTRODUCTION suarum personat tubis” (Hom. in Fos., xii. 1. Ed. Lomm., xi. 62). These passages have had grave doubt cast on their genuineness by Dr. Chase (op. cit., p. 803b). There can, at least, be no doubt, judging from the one undisputed reference, that Origen reflects a serious division of opinion in his ti…
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To sum up the evidence of the third century, we find that 2 Peter was in use so far as to influence the thought of Hippolytus in Rome, to be commented on by Clement of Alexandria, and to be expressly quoted by Firmilian and Methodius in Asia Minor. Although no reference is found in the writings of Cyprian of Cartha…
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\ is again the translator of the Recognitions, and we are reminded of his translation of Origen (In Exod. Hom., 12), “ Unusquisque a quo vincitur huic et servus addicitur’”. The translations are both of the same passage in 2 Peter, and the variety in the language, so far from countenancing a theory of interpolatio…
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century arises in connexion with the ΑΡΟΟΑΙΥΡΘΕ ΟΕ Peter, to which Harnack assigns the date 110-160, or probably 120-140. The work is used by the Viennese Church, and therefore the earlier date is more likely. Only a fragment of the Apocalypse is preserved to us, . in which there are some striking coincidences with…
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mythology. The word, however, is found in Jewish writings, which 2 Peter may have read (see note on ii. 4). (2) Are 2 Peter and the Apocalypse by the same author ? (Sanday, Inspiration, p. 347). This view is opposed by Chase (op. cit., 815) on the ground of the difference in style. ‘The Apo- calypse,” he says, “is…
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καὶ φανερὰ ἔργα τῶν ἀνθρώπων (xvi. 3). One or two interesting points are raised by this passage. (1) Where does the writer derive the conception of the day of judgment as meaning the destruction of the universe by fire? He clearly quotes Mal. iv. 1, Isa. xxxiv. 4, but these passages are not sufficient to suggest t…
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recognised utterance of Scripture. Barnabas, also, is in the habit of using λέγει to introduce his quotations from Scripture. The question is whether he is quoting 2 Peter iii. 8 or some other source. The context in Barnabas is different from that in 2 Peter. He is deal- ing with the mystical interpretation of the …
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dependence in the Apocalypse of Peter. It is doubtful whether any of the Apostolic Fathers make use of the Epistle, but the -coincidences in word and thought in 2 Clement, Barnabas, Hermas, Didache, and Clement of Rome cannot be ignored. They at least suggest a possible atmosphere of thought for 2 Peter. On the wh…
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Luke is an indication that he interpreted the phenomenon as an inward change. He also tells us that it was ἐν τῷ προσεύχεσθαι, “as he was praying,” that the change took place (Luke ix. 29). 2 Peter, _ on the other hand, seems to think of the glory as having an outward source, like what happened in the case of Moses…
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cxliv.). It is, of course, also possible to take ἐν τῷ dyiw dpe. in sense of Isa. xi. 9, Ixii. 25. where it is used of the Messiah’s kingdom. ‘“ Per- haps 2 Peter means that in the Transfiguration the three Apostles were admitted to behold the glories of that kingdom, without alluding to any particular Jewish mount…
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must be an exact replica of the passage in John, if the reference is to be the same. (4) Chap. ii. 20 (Ὑέγονεν αὐτοῖς τὰ ἔσχατα Χείρονα τῶν πρώτων) is clearly areminiscence of the words of Jesus recorded in Matt. xii. 45, Luke xi. 29. These four references to the Gospel history have now been examined. The first m…
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The use of the term “forgery” in such a connexion ought to be avoided.! In the first place, the expression is an entire misunder- standing of the origin of much of the pseudepigraphic literature of the time, and on other grounds the term is equally objectionable. It is, in effect, an attempt to browbeat the judgmen…
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“Cf. Ramsay, Church in Roman Empire, pp. 492-3; Moffatt, Historical New Testament, p. 598. what might be regarded as the utterances of the Apostle, but a presumption in favour of the hypothesis of actual reminiscence may be obtained from a comparison of 1 and 2 Peter (see chap. iv.). Weiss has said that “no docume…
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of the Transfiguration as the only incident in the Synoptic account of St. Peter's life, to which reference is made, is an indication that the writer has made choice of this incident as suitable to his theme. At the same time, if it was legitimate for him to write under the honoured name at all, he could hardly hav…
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| (2) In chap. iii. 4 the words occur, ἀφ᾽ ἧς γὰρ ot πατέρες ἐκοιμήθησαν, πάντα οὕτως διαµένει ἀπ᾿ ἀρχῆς κτίσεως. Here oi πατέρες refers to the immediately preceding generation of Christians. The whole sentence refiects the disappointment and disillusionment experienced by those who saw men and women believing in t…
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making any distinction between himself andthem. The phrase need not necessarily mean “the Twelve,” but rather missionaries from whom the knowledge of the Gospel was first received.! Of these the writer is one (i. 16). ἀπόστολος is so used Phil. ii. 25, 2 Cor. viii. 23 (cf. discussion of term in Harnack, Expansion o…
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Jiilicher and Harnack. The arguments for the second century date are examined by Chase (of. cit., pp. 803 f.), and found insufficient. If the date in the last decade of the first century be accepted for Jude, 2 Peter must be later; but there is not that evidence of advance in the Gnostic views opposed in 2 Peter up…
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The foregoing resemblances are remarkable as extending to the uses of the same words or ideas in similar connexions. The following single words may be noted as being largely confined, in their use in the N.T. to 1 and 2 Peter :— 2 Peter. Ἑ Εσείς, Rest of Ν.Τ. ἀναστροφή . «. 2 5 5 ἀπόθεσις 1 1 0 ἄρετην ο ον τς 3 …
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incumbent on scholars to give every weight to these utterances, especially in view of such extreme criticism of the style of 2 Peter as that of Dr. E. A. Abbott (Exp., ii. vol. iii.; From Letter to Spirit, §§ 1123-1129). 2. Attitude to the Old Testament.—It has been reckoned by Hort (Appendix, Notes on 1 Peter, p.…
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their personal attitude and relationship towards Jesus Christ. A warmth and intensity of feeling is apparent all through 1 Peter, which displays a much more vivid and tender sense of the reality of the grace and presence of the Risen Christ in the individual heart wey. i, 5 18, ii. 9, 21, iv. 12 £, ν. 16) than the …
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life, in which much of the N.T. was written. It will be noted that * Words marked ! are found in LXX, ? in classical writers, in Papyri (for reff. see Comm.). ** Fg. Moulton, Proleg., pp. 97-8. But cf. note on II. 5 in Comm. μα ων ο Μο in four cases the so-called ἅπαξ λεγόμενα of 2 Peter are found both in the cla…
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(i. 10, 19); ὑπομιμνήσκειν, ἐν ὑπομνήσει, µνήµην ποιεῖσθαι (i. 12, 13, 15; iii, 1); ἐνεχθείσης, ἐνεχθεῖσαν (i. 17, 18); ἀπώλεια (1. 13, ΠΠ. 7-16) ; ἐφείσατο (11. 4, 5); τηρεῖν (il. 4, 9, 17; iii. 7); στοιχεῖα καυσούµενα (iii. 16.19). Chase asserts that “the extraordinary list of repetitions’ stamps the vocabulary …
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ἐν πάσαις ἐπιστολαῖς, and τὰς λοιπὰς γραφὰς (ver. 16), that the Epistles of Paul had reached the rank of γραφαί, and were known to the Church at large. (3) Even if the narrower reference of καθὼς is adopted, the idea of µακροθυµία is echoed also in 1 Corinthians and Thessalonians (1 Cor. xv. 2; 2 Thess. ii. 16). If…
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who are not recent converts (i. 12), “ein fur weite Kreise der Kirche bestimmtes pastorales Rundschau”’ (Spitta, op. cit., p. 483). 1 Peter also is general in its destination. 2 Peter may well be addressed to the same localities as 1 Peter, although to a later generation of Christians, under different circumstances…
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2 Peter (cf Chase, op. cit., ΠΠ. 811). In the former, not so much ieaching as practice, was in question, while, in 2 Peter, they are called ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι, and seem to have been engaged in the active propa- gation of false doctrine. The use of γνώσις in i. 5 f. can scarcely be without reference to that intellectua…
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make his calling and election sure’ by godliness of life (i. 10). We are not, however, left without traces of the doctrinal position of these false teachers. The Gnostic position which demanded γνώσις, or a hidden wisdom which leads to perfection, is tacitly opposed in the use of the word ἐπίγνωσις, which is used b…
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of matter, against which it is asserted that in the day of the Lord οἱ οὐρανοὶ ῥοιζηδὸν παρελεύσονται, στοιχεῖα δὲ καυσούµενα λυθήσεται (iii. 10). Finally, we are told that the false teachers use the Scriptures of the O.T. as a basis for their heretical teaching (iii. 16). It is thus apparent that in 2 Peter, far m…
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fixion. The language of 2 Peter iii. 5-9, relative to the creation and the present government of the world, through the long-suffering of the Creator, might well have in view some such doctrine as this. The accusation, also, of distorting the Scriptures of the O.T. (iii. 16) would also be explained, as also the sta…
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the most convinced, resolute, almost bigoted adherence to the most uncompromising interpretations of its own principles could have gained the Christians the courage and self-reliance that were needed ”’ (Ramsay, op. cit., 1δίά.). 3. Place of Writing.—On this topic, there is very little ground for judgment beyond v…
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Friederich Spitta. Der zweite Brief des Petrus und der Brief des fudas. 1885. H. v. Soden. Hand-Commentar Zum Ν.Τ., vol. iii., 1892. F. H. Chase. Art. 2 Peter in Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible., vol. iii., 1900. Charles Bigg. ‘A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude (Intern…
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ZNTW. Zeitschrift fiir die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft, herausgegeben von Erwin Preuschen. MME. Notes from the Papyri in Expositor, 1908, by Professor Moulton and Dr. Milligan. ? Moulton Proleg. Grammar of New Testament Greek, vol. i. Prolegomena by Professor J. H. Moulton. Abbott, J.G. Johannine Grammar by Ed…
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Public domain historical edition (1897); scan/OCR from Internet Archive.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.