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2 Peter 1: eyewitness testimony and prophecy
1. 2 Peter 1: eyewitness testimony and prophecy
Peter, in 2 Peter chapter 1, says that he was an eye witness to what happened but that we have a "
more sure" word of prophecy.
Jesus affirms that on the Road to Emaeus in Luke 24 saying that one would need to be an "
idiot" not to believe all that the prophets wrote about him.
Peter goes on to say that the prophets did not write their own ideas but were told what to write by the Holy Spirit.
2. Brief: eyewitness testimony and prophecy
Peter: We were eyewitnesses, but you have a "more sure" word of prophecy. 2 Peter 1.
Jesus: One would be an "idiot" not to believe all that the prophets wrote. Luke 24.
Peter: Prophets did not write their own ideas. They were told by the Holy Spirit what to write. 2 Peter 1.
3. Eyewitness testimony
Peter was an eye witness to Jesus and the events concerning his life, death and resurrection. Peter says that prophecy is better evidence than his own eyewitness testimony at the "
holy mount" at the "
transfiguration".
2 Peter 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. [kjv]
A Latin "
fable" or Greek "
myth" is a story that is more false than true.
4. 2 Peter 1:16
KJV: For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Greek: ου γαρ σεσοφισμενοις μυθοις εξακολουθησαντες εγνωρισαμεν υμιν την του κυριου ημων ιησου χριστου δυναμιν και παρουσιαν αλλ εποπται γενηθεντες της εκεινου μεγαλειοτητος
5. Voice from heaven
Peter describes the events at the Transfiguration.
2 Peter 1:17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. [kjv]
1:18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. [kjv]
Where exactly was this "
holy mount"?
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Details are left as a future topic.
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6. 2 Peter 1:17
KJV: For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Greek: λαβων γαρ παρα θεου πατρος τιμην και δοξαν φωνης ενεχθεισης αυτω τοιασδε υπο της μεγαλοπρεπους δοξης ουτος εστιν ο υιος μου ο αγαπητος μου ουτος εστιν εις ον εγω ευδοκησα
7. 2 Peter 1:18
KJV: And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
Greek: και ταυτην την φωνην ημεις ηκουσαμεν εξ ουρανου ενεχθεισαν συν αυτω οντες εν τω ορει τω αγιω ορει
8. Better evidence
Peter says that "
prophecy" is better than "
eyewitness" testimony.
2 Peter 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: [kjv]
Peter provides other prophecies in his epistles and this chapter is another prophecy on "
false teachers".
Jesus says something similar on the Road to Emaeus after the resurrection in Luke 24.
9. Not thinking about an idiot being a layperson
After the resurrection, on the road to Emaeus in Luke 24, Jesus could have showed his hands as an eye witness testimony. Instead, Jesus says the following.
Luke 24:25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: [kjv]
και αυτος ειπεν προς αυτους ω ανοητοι και βραδεις τη καρδια του πιστευειν επι πασιν οις ελαλησαν οι προφηται [gnt]
Is Jesus saying that to not know and believe
all that the prophets have said makes one an "
idiot"? The ancient Greek word used here in the
GNT (Greek New Testament) is
"ἀνόητος" ≈ "foolish, stupid, idiot" and means, literally "
not thinking".
10. 2 Peter 1:19
KJV: We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Greek: και εχομεν βεβαιοτερον τον προφητικον λογον ω καλως ποιειτε προσεχοντες ως λυχνω φαινοντι εν αυχμηρω τοπω εως ου ημερα διαυγαση και φωσφορος ανατειλη εν ταις καρδιαις υμων
11. What to say
How did the prophets decide what to say?
2 Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. [kjv]
A "
private interpretation" means "
one's own solution" to what is happening. Do pastors ever substitute their own meaning of what the Bible appears to otherwise say?
12. 2 Peter 1:20
KJV: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Greek: τουτο πρωτον γινωσκοντες οτι πασα προφητεια γραφης ιδιας επιλυσεως ου γινεται
13. Holy Ghost
Some pastors will say that the prophets looked around and made comments about needed social change.
2 Peter 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. [kjv]
14. 2 Peter 1:21
KJV: For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Greek: ου γαρ θεληματι ανθρωπου ηνεχθη ποτε προφητεια αλλ ποτε αλλα υπο πνευματος αγιου φερομενοι ελαλησαν οι αγιοι απο θεου ανθρωποι
15. What did the prophet mean?
Daniel, as a prophet, was told what to write. At times, he, like other prophets, may not have understood what it was he was writing.
Daniel 12:8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? [kjv]
12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. [kjv]
Questions about what Daniel meant when he wrote such and such, in some cases, are meaningless. Not what Daniel wrote, but our questions about what Daniel meant.
16. Daniel 12:8
KJV: And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
Hebrew: ואני שמעתי ולא אבין ואמרה אדני מה אחרית אלה׃
Greek: και εγω ηκουσα και ου συνηκα και ειπα κυριε τι τα εσχατα τουτων
17. Daniel 12:9
KJV: And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Hebrew: ויאמר לך דניאל כי סתמים וחתמים הדברים עד עת קץ׃
Greek: και ειπεν δευρο δανιηλ οτι εμπεφραγμενοι και εσφραγισμενοι οι λογοι εως καιρου περας
Discuss: Do pastors ever say that the prophets looked around and made comments about what they thought needed changed?
Discuss: Do pastors ever substitute their own meaning of what the Bible appears to otherwise say?
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