25. I foresaw (powpapnv). Not to see beforehand, but to see before one’s self, as in Ps. xvi. 8.
| should not be moved (yu) cadrevdo). Or be shaken. Generally so rendered in the New Testament. See Matt. xi. 7; xxiv. 29; Heb. xii. 26, ete.
26. Rejoiced (yadudcaro). Rev., was glad. See on 1 Pet. 1-6.
Shall rest (catacknvece:). See on nests, Matt. viii. 20. Bet- ter, as Rev., dwell. Lit., dwell in a tent or tabernacle. Fen- dered lodge, Matt. xiii. 32; Mark iv. 32; Luke xiii. 19. It is a beautiful metaphor. My flesh shall encamp on hope; pitch
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its tent there to rest through the night of death, until the morn- ing of resurrection.
In hope (ér’ éAmiéu). Lit., on hope: resting on the hope of resurrection ; his body being poetically conceived as hoping.
27, Leave (éyxatanretess). Lit., leave behind. Suffer (aces). Lit., give.
29. Let me speak (é£ov eizetv). Lit., at 2s permitted me. Rev., Jmay. It is allowable for him to speak, because the facts are notorious,
Freely (wera mappyoias). Lit., with freedom. The latter word from wav, all, and pijows, speech » speaking everything, and therefore without reserve.
The patriarch (atpidpyov). From dpye, to begin, and matpia, a pedigree. Applied to David as the father of the royal family from which the Messiah sprang. It is used in the New Testament of Abraham (Heb. vii. 4), and of the sons of Jacob (Acts vii. 8).
He is dead and buried (érerevrnce Kal érdgn). Aorists, de- noting what occurred at a definite past time. Rev., rightly, he both died and was buried.
His sepulchre is with us. Or among us (é nuiv). On Mount Zion, where most of the Jewish kings were interred in the same tomb.
30. According to the flesh, he would raise up Christ. The best texts omit. Render as Rev., he would set one upon his throne.
34. Is not ascended (ov avéBn). Aorist, did not ascend.
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35. Thy footstool. A. V. omits of thy feet.
36. Assuredly (ac¢adas). From a, not, and opdddo, to cause to fall. Hence, firmly, steadfastly.
37. They were pricked (xarevvynoav). Only here in New Testament. The word does not occur in profane Greek. It is found in the Septuagint, as Gen. xxxiv. 7, of the grief of the sons of Jacob at the dishonor of Dinah. See, also, Ps. cix. (Sept. eviii.) 16: “broken in heart.” The kindred noun xatavvges occurs Rom. xi. 8, in the sense of slumber (Rev., stupor). Compare Isa. xxix. 10. See, also, Ps. Ix. (Sept. lix.) 3: otvov cataviéews, the wine of astonishment (Rev., wine of staggering). The radical idea of the word is given in the simple verb vac, to prick with a sharp point. So Homer, of the puncture of a spear ; of horses dinting the earth with their hoofs, ete. Here, therefore, of the sharp, painful emotion, the sting produced by Peter’s words. Cicero, speaking of the oratory of Pericles, says that his speech left s¢éngs in the minds of his hearers (‘‘ De Oratore,” li., 34.
38. Repent. See on Matt. iii. 2.
In the name (él 7@ dvouate). Lit., wpon the name. See on Matt. xxviii. 19.
Remission. See on Luke iii. 3; Jas. v. 15.
39. Afar off (eis waxpav). Lit., unto a long way. Referring probably to the Gentiles, who are described by this phrase both in the Old and New Testaments. See Zech. vi. 15; Eph. ii. 11-13. Peter knew the fact that the Gentiles were to be re- ceived into the Church, but not the mode. He expected they would become Christians through the medium of the Jewish re- ligion. It was already revealed in the Old Testament that they should be received, and Christ himself had commanded the apostles to preach ¢o all natcons.