[ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ] .Here marking the recency of Christian life in the converts addressed.Desire (ejpipoqh>sate).The compound is intensive; earnestly desire.SoRev., long for.Compare Philippians 2:26.The sincere milk of the word (tov) and an habitual(present participle) approach and an intimate association.A living stone (li>qon zw~nta).Omit as unto.So Rev.The words are inapposition with whom (Christ).Compare Peter s use of the same word,stone, in Acts 4:11, and Matthew 21:42.It is not the word which Christuses as a personal name for Peter (Pe>trov); so that it is not necessary toinfer that Peter was thinking of his own new name.Disallowed (ajpodedokimasme>non).Rev., rejected.See on the simpleverb, ch.1:7.The word indicates rejection after trial.Of God (parahas astronger sense, implying the absolute power of decisive choice which iswith God.Render, as Rev., with God; i.e., God being judge; and compareMatthew 19:26; Romans 2:11.Precious (e]ntimon).At ch.1:19 (precious blood) another word is used(ti>miov), denoting essential preciousness.The word here indicates thepreciousness as recognized or held in honor.5.Living stones built up a spiritual house.It seems as thoughPeter must have had in mind the conception embodied in Christ scommission to him, of a building erected upon a rock.The metaphor of ahouse built of living stones is violent, and sufficiently characteristic ofPeter; yet it pictures, in a very striking way, the union of stability, growth,and activity in the ideal church.Note the transition from babes growing(ver.2) to stones built up.But, as Salmond remarks, In Paul we have evenbolder instances of apparent confusion of metaphors, as when, in onebreath, he represents believers as at once walking, rooted, and built up inChrist (Colossians 2:6, 7).685To offer up (ajnene>gkai).The usual Old-Testament (Septuagint) term foroffering of sacrifice.Lit., to bring up to the altar.Compare Hebrews 13:15.The force of ajna>, up, appears in the fact of the altar being raised.Theword is often used of carrying from a lower to a higher place.ThusMatthew 17:1; Luke 24:51.In this sense ver.24 of this chapter issuggestive, where it is said that Christ bare (ajnh>negken) our sins: carriedthem up to the cross.See note there.6.It is contained (perie>cei).From peri>, round about, and e]cw, to hold.Hence, to contain or comprehend.So Luke 5:9, he was astonished (qa>mbovaujtoscev); lit., astonishment held him encompassed.Also, Acts23:25, He wrote a letter after this manner (perie>cousan topontou~ton); lit., containing this form.The verb here is impersonal.Thekindred word perioch> occurs only in Acts 8:32, rendered place; i.e., thepassage of scripture: either the contents of the passage or the section of thebook circumscribed or marked off.In the scripture (ejn grafh~|).The best texts reject the article.Grafh>means a passage of scripture.See on Mark 12:10.Hence Rev., inscripture; margin, in a scripture.Behold I lay, etc.See Romans 9:33.Precious.See on ver.4.7.He is precious (hj timhqh eijv kefalhav).Rev.,correctly, was made. The preposition eijv, unto, carrying the idea ofcoming unto the place of honor, is not rendered in A.V.or Rev.Lit., itwould be, was made or became unto the head, etc.9.Generation (ge>nov).Better, Rev., race: a body with a common life anddescent.686Nation (e]qnov).People (laomhn).Shew forth (ejxaggei>lhte).Only here in New Testament.Proclaim, tellabroad.The praises (taontev).Rev., beholding.Used byPeter only, here and ch.3:2.The kindred noun ejpo>pthv, an eye-witness,occurs only at 2 Peter 1:16.It is a technical word, meaning one who wasadmitted to the highest degree of initiation in the Elensinian mysteries.Here it conveys the idea of personal witness; behold with their own eyes.Evil-doers (kakopoiw~n).The word occurs four times in Peter, andnowhere else in the New Testament except John 18:30, where it is appliedby the priests to Christ himself.Visitation (ejpiskoph~v).The radical idea of the word is that of observingor inspecting.Hence ejpi>skopov, an overseer or bishop.Visiting growsnaturally out of this, as visitare from visere, to look at attentively.SeeIntroduction, on Peter s emphasis upon sight; and compare behold, in thisverse.The day of visitation is the day of looking upon: When Godshall look upon these wanderers, as a pastor over his flock, and shallbecome the overlooker or bishop of their souls (ver.25, Lumby).13.Submit yourselves (uJpota>ghte).Rev., be subject.See Romans 13:1sq.Ordinance of man (ajnqrwpi>nh| kti>sei).Lit., to every human creationor institution.Rev., creation, in margin.King.The emperor, styled king by Greek writers.68814.Sent (pempome>noiv).The present participle.In the habit of beingsent: sent from time to time.By him.The king; not the Lord.Punishment (ejkdi>khsin).Not strong enough.Better, vengeance, as Rev.Compare Luke 18:7; Romans 12:19.Them that do well (ajgaqopoiw~n).Only here in New Testament.15.Put to silence (fimou~n).A very graphic word, meaning to muzzle orgag.Compare 1 Corinthians 9:9; 1 Timothy 5:18.See on Matthew 22:12.Ignorance (ajgnwsi>an).In classical Greek it is an ignorance arising fromnot coming into contact with the person or thing to be known.It occursonly once again in the New Testament, 1 Corinthians 15:34
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