Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Peter 1:20 - 1:20

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Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Peter 1:20 - 1:20


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Knowing this first (touto prōton ginōskontes). Agreeing with poieite like prosechontes in 2Pe 1:19.

No prophecy of Scripture (pāsa prophēteia ou). Like the Hebrew lȯkōl, but also in the papyri as in 1Jo 2:21 (Robertson, Grammar, p. 753).

Is (ginetai). Rather “comes,” “springs” (Alford), not “is” (estin).

Of private interpretation (idias epiluseōs). Ablative case of origin or source in the predicate as with gnōmēs in Act 20:3 and with tou theou and ex hēmōn in 2Co 4:7. “No prophecy of Scripture comes out of private disclosure,” not “of private interpretation.” The usual meaning of epilusis is explanation, but the word does not occur elsewhere in the N.T. It occurs in the papyri in the sense of solution and even of discharge of a debt. Spitta urges “dissolved” as the idea here. The verb epiluō, to unloose, to untie, to release, occurs twice in the N.T., once (Mar 4:34) where it can mean “disclose” about parables, the other (Act 19:39) where it means to decide. It is the prophet’s grasp of the prophecy, not that of the readers that is here presented, as the next verse shows.