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Shortly I must put off this my tabernacle (ταχινή ἐστιν ἡ ἀπόθεσις τοῦ σκηνώματός μου)
Lit., quick is the putting off of my tabernacle. Rev., the putting off of my tabernacle cometh swiftly. Possibly in allusion to his advanced age. Putting off is a metaphor, from putting off a garment. So Paul, 2Co 5:3, 2Co 5:4, being clothed, unclothed, clothed upon. The word occurs, also, 1Pe 3:21, and is used by Peter only. Cometh swiftly, implying the speedy approach of death; though others understand it of the quick, violent death which Christ prophesied he should die. “Even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath showed me.” See Joh 21:18, Joh 21:19. Compare, also Joh 13:36, and note the word follow in both passages. “Peter had now learnt the full force of Christ's sayings, and to what end the following of Jesus was to bring him” (Lumby).
Hath shewed (ἐδήλωσεν)
But the tense is the aorist, pointing back to a definite act at a past time (Joh 21:18). Hence, shewed me, or, as Rev., signified. Compare 1Pe 1:11 did signify.