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2Pe 1:20. Τοῦτο, this) The reason of the phrase, ye do well, inasmuch as ye know this.-πρῶτον) before I speak: German, vorhin, before. Thus ch. 2Pe 3:3. In these Epistles, Peter does not teach, but reminds.-προφητεία γραφῆς) prophecy, which is contained in the body of Scripture.-ἰδίας ἐπιλύσεως οὐ γίνεται, does not become of private interpretation) ἐπίλυσις from ἐπιλύω, to explain; Mar 4:34; Act 19:39. פתר some Greek versions render ἐπέλυσε, Gen 41:12. As the sight of the apostles is opposed to cunningly devised fables, so φορὰ, the motion or inspiration of the prophets, is opposed to private interpretation. Therefore that is called ἐπίλυσις, or interpretation, by which the prophets themselves opened to mortals things which were before altogether shut up. Prophecy is not at first of man, nor does it ever so far depart from itself as to begin to be the word of private, that is, of human interpretation (ἐπιλύσεως), but it is altogether of Divine unfolding or revelation, and is known to be so in its results and issue; and it even becomes more firm. So for, 2Pe 1:21, agrees with this.-οὐ γίνεται, does not become) That which has once been truly spoken by the prophets, remains truth even to the present day. A lamp is not the day; but still it prevails over the darkness.