To offer up (avevéyxar). The usual Old-Testament (Septua- gint) term for offering of sacrifice. Lit., to bring up to the altar. Compare Heb. xiii. 15. The force of ava, up, appears in the fact of the altar being razsed. The word is often used of carry- ing from a lower to a higher place. Thus Matt. xvii. 1; Luke xxiv. 51. In this sense ver. 23 of this chapter is suggestive, where it is said that Christ bare (avyveyxev) our sins: carried them up to the cross. See note there.
6. It is contained (aepuéyer). From trepi, round about, and éyw, to hold. Uence, to contain or comprehend. So Luke v. 9, he was astonished (SduBos adrov repiécxev) ; lit., astonish- ment held him encompassed. Also, Acts xxiii. 25, “ He wrote a letter after this manner (repiéxovcay tov TéTov TovTOV) ; lit., containing this form. The verb here is impersonal. The kin- dred word rreptoxy occurs only in Acts vill. 82, rendered place ; i.e., the passage of scripture: either the contents of the passage or the section of the book circumscribed or marked off.
In the scripture (év ypagy). The best texts reject the ar- ticle. Ipady means a passage of scripture. See on Mark xii. 10. Hence Rev., 22 scripture ; margin, in a@ scripture.
Behold I lay, etc. See Rom. ix. 33. Precious. See on ver. 4.
7. He is precious (7 tyu7)). Wrong. Render, as Rev., Por you therefore which believe is the preciousness (honor, in margin).
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Is made the head of the corner (éyevyIn eis Kepansy yovias). Rev., correctly, “was made.” The preposition eis, unto, carrying the idea of coming unto the place of honor, is not rendered in A. V. or Rev. Lit., it would be, was made or became unto the head, ete.
9. Generation (yévos). Better, Rev., race: a body with a common life and descent.
Nation (29vos). People (Adds). The distinction between these three words cannot be closely pressed. tace emphasizes the idea of descent; nation, of community. Aaébs, people, oc- curring very often in the Septuagint, is used there mostly of the Israelites, the chosen people. The same use is also fre- quent in the New Testament; but it is employed in a more general sense, as by Luke ii. 10. It would seem that this idea, however, in its metaphorical and Christian application, the chosen Israel of God, directed Peter’s choice of the word, since he adds, a people for God’s own possession.
Peculiar (es wrepuroinow). Lit., a people for acquisition. Rev., a people for God’s own possession. Wyc., a people of purchasing. Cranmer, a people which are won. The word oceurs 1 Thess. v. 9, rendered obtaining (Rev.); Eph. i. 14, God’s own possession (Rev.). See Isa. xliii. 21 (Sept.), where the kindred verb occurs: “ This people have I formed for my- self (repieTrounoapnv).
Shew forth (é&ayyetAnte). Only here in New Testament. Proclaim, tell abroad.
The praises (tas dpetas). Lit., the virtues. So Rev., ew- cellencies. The word occurs Isa. xliii. 21 (Sept., see above), and is rendered praise. See, also, Isa. xlii. 12 (Sept.), “ Declare his praise (aperas) in the islands.”
10. People (Aads). See on ver. 9, and note the choice of the term here. .A people of God. Compare Rom, ix. 25, 26.
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11. Beloved (adyamnrot). <A favorite term with Peter, oc- curring eight times in the epistles. See the phrase, our beloved Barnabas and Paul, Acts xv. 25, in the letter sent by the council at Jerusalem to the Gentile Christians, the account of which, doubtless, came from Peter. Compare our beloved brother Paul, 2 Pet. iii. 15.
Strangers (aapolxous). Rev., sojowrners. Compare ch. i. 17, “the time of your sojourning (aapourias).”
Which (aiteves). The compound pronoun denotes a class, of that kind which, classifying all fleshly desires in one category.