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A new creature (καινὴ κτίσις)
Or creation. Compare Gal 6:15. The word κτίσις is used in three senses in the New Testament. The act of creating, as Rom 1:20. The sum of created things, as Rev 3:14; Mar 13:19. A created thing or creature, as Rom 8:39. The Rabbins used the word of a man converted from idolatry. “He who brings a foreigner and makes him a proselyte is as if he created him.”
Old things (τὰ ἀρχαῖα)
Rev., correctly, the old things. See on 1Jo 2:7, and see on Rev 12:9.
Passed away (παρῆλθεν)
Lit., passed by. So Luk 18:37; Mar 6:48. As here, Jam 1:10; Mat 5:8; Mat 24:34, etc.
Behold
As if contemplating a rapidly shifting scene. As in a flash, old things vanish, and all things become new.