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For he received (labōn gar). Second aorist active participle nominative singular of lambanō, “he having received,” but there is no finite verb, anacoluthon, changing in 2Pe 1:19 (after parenthesis in 2Pe 1:18) to echomen bebaioteron rather than ebebaiōsen.
When there came such a voice to him (phōnēs enechtheisēs autōi toiasde). Genitive absolute with first aorist passive participle feminine singular of pherō (cf. 1Pe 1:13), repeated enechtheisan in 2Pe 1:18. Phōnē (voice) is used also of Pentecost (Act 2:6). Toiosde (classical demonstrative) occurs here alone in the N.T.
From the excellent glory (hupo tēs megaloprepous doxēs). “By the majestic glory.” Megaloprepēs, old compound (megas, great, prepei, it is becoming), here only in N.T., several times in O.T., Apocr. (2 Macc. 8:15), adverb in the inscriptions. Probably a reference to nephelē phōteinē (bright cloud, shekinah) in Mat 17:5. The words given here from the “voice” agree exactly with Mat 17:5 except the order and the use of eis hon rather than en hōi. Mark (Mar 9:7) and Luke (Luk 9:35) have akouete. But Peter did not need any Gospel for his report here.