αγγελισαµένων ὑμᾶς πνεύµατι 1 ἁγίω πο
a
13 cls ἃ ἐπιθυμοῦσιν ay
A 3 , fol [ή τὰς ὀσφύας τῆς διανοίας
τ4 ἐπὶ τὴ
γελοι παρακύψαι.
φεροµένην ὑμῖν χάρι
σταλέντι ἀπ᾿ οὐρανοῦ διὸ
ὑμῶν νέφοντες ? τε
ἀναζωσάμενοι λείως ἐλπίσατε
ἐν ἀποκαλύψει IG XU. as
1 Το πνεύµατι Codex Sinaiticus, with other manuscripts of less weight, prefixes
ἐν. Ἀνέφοντες {ΟΙ νήφοντες.
Christ preached to the spirits in prison ; adding that when he ascended all angels were subjected to Him. The apparent contradiction is due to the discrepancy between the ideal and its gradual realisa- tion and not to an imperfect coordination of these conceptions of the universal sovereignty of God. Seer Cor. xv. 25 f., Μορ πο πο Wen dor wersee . - παρακύψαι has lost its suggestion of peeping through its use in the LXX for
Πρω look forth though it is not em-
ployed by them in the places where God is said to look down from heaven (Ps. xiv. 2, etc.). The patristic commentators seem to hold by the Evangelist rather than the Apostle in respect to the saying, as they refer exclusively for illustration to the O.T. figures, Moses (Heb xi. 26), Isaiah (John xii. 41). Oecumenius notes that Daniel is called by the angel a man of longings (Dan. ix. 25). That the angels of Peter are due to Enoch and secondary seems to be borne out by the Targum of Eccles. i. 8, “‘ In all the words that are prepared (about) to come to pass in the world the ancient prophets wearied
themselves and could not find their ends” Vy. 13-21. Practical admonitions. In
this section St. Peter is engrossed with the conception of the Church as the new Israel which has been delivered from idolatry—the spiritual Egypt—by a far more excellent sacrifice. Jesus Himself endorsed such adaptation of the direc- tions given for the 'typical deliverance (Luke xii. 35) and the principle that the worshippers of Jehovah must be like Him (John iv. 23 f.; Matt. v. 48, etc.).
Ver. 13. διό introduces the practical inference. —avalwoadpevot, K.TA., the reference to the directions for celebra- tion of the Passover (Exod. xii. 11, οὕτως δὲ φάγεσθε αὐτό" ai ὀσφύες ὑμῶν περι- εἷωσμέναι . « . μετὰ σπουδῆς) is unmis- takable. The actual deliverance of the Christians is still in the future; they must be always ready against the coming of the Lord. Oec. refers to Job xxxviii, 3. The particular compound occurs only twice in LXX—once in this phrase of the
manly woman in Prov. xxxi. 17, ἀναζωσα- µένη ἰσχυρῶς τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτῆς, where it implies preparation for serious work. In 2 Kings iv. 29 ff. (Elisha’s mission of Gehazi which is in some ways a type fulfilled by Jesus’ mission of the Seventy, cf. Luke x. 4), ζῶσαι τὴν ὀσφύν σου is the preparation for an urgent errand. The addition of τῆς διανοίας implies that the readiness required is spiritual. St.
Paul uses καρδία in the same way (Eph.
i. 18, πεφωτισµένους τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν) and from Mark xii. 30 = Deut. vi. 4 f. it appears that διάνοια is
a recognised equivalent of 45) heart. --γήφοντες τελείως. Incases like this it is natural to take the adverb with the preceding verb. τελείως (only here in N.T.) has much the same force as τῆς διανοίας; so the adjective is applied to the antitype as contrasted with the type in Heb. ΙΧ. II, τῆς . . . τελειοτέρας σκηνῆς and Jas. i. 25, νόµον τέλειον τὸν τῆς ἐλευθερίας. For νήφοντες cf. iv. 7 and ν. 8, νήψατε γρηγορήσατε, 1 Thess. v. 8, γρηγορῶμεν καὶ νήφωμεν. Sobriety is necessary to watchfulness. The origin of this use of the word (not in the LXX) is to be found in the parable of Luke xii. 45 f.; it has special point in view of the K@pots and πότοις, in which they were prone to indulge.—t 7 v φερομένην ὑμῖν χάριν is an adaption of the common Greek idiom (Homer down- wards) φέρειν χ», to confer a favour (cf. Sir. viii. το, μὴ ἀναφερέτω σοι χάριν) and is thus analogous to St. Paul’s use of χαρίζεσθαι (see Rom. viii. 32). The present participle has its natural force. Peter does not distinguish between the present and the climax; already the new age which is the last has begun. ΤΠεχάρις is the final deliverance and its use here is another link with the type: ἔδωκεν 6 Κύριος τὴν χάριν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ (Exod. xii. 36).--ἐν ἀποκαλύψει Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, Jesus Christ is being re- vealed or is revealing the salvation. The revelation began with the resurrection cf. φανερωθέντος and continues to the cul- mination (7).