2 Peter - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis

Christ’s at His second advent. Peter told them that he was passing on to them that which
he had seen with his own eyes and heard with his ears, also that this was truth that could
be authenticated and certified by two other witnesses. (J. Pentecost) Peter is attacking the
fanciful theorizings of the errorists, contrasting the apostolic version of Christianity, with
its secure basis in history, with their allegorization or “spiritualization” of it. (J. Kelly)
The false teachers, or some of them, must have maintained that the Gospel miracles were
to be understood in a spiritual sense, and not regarded as facts. They denied the literal
sense, but professed to hold fast the spiritual. It is obvious how this mode of exegesis
might be applied to the Second Advent. (C. Bigg)
Eschatological skepticism underlies the false teachers’ doctrine. They had expected the
parousia of Christ during the lifetime of the first generation of Christians, but that
generation had passed away and the parousia had not yet materialized. Consequently,
they claim that the apostolic proclamation of the parousia is a myth (1:16) and that OT
prophesies used to support that doctrine are not inspired, but rather, are the product of the
prophets’ own interpretation (1:20-21) of their dreams and visions. (D. Watson) The false
teachers had apparently allegorized what the apostles taught would be a real historical
event and transformed it into a myth. (R. Mounce)
2 Peter 1:16 For (explanatory) we did not (neg. Adv.) follow
on an authoritative basis (evxakolouqe,w, AAPtc.NMP, Constative,
Causal) craftily devised (sofi,zw, Perf.PPtc.DMP, Intensive,
Attributive; skillfully invented) fables (Dat. Ind. Obj.),
when (ellipsis) we made known (gnwri,zw, AAI1P, Constative;
revealed) to you (Dat. Adv.) the power (Acc. Dir. Obj.) and
(connective) coming (Acc. Dir. Obj.; advent) of our (Gen.
Rel.) Lord Jesus Christ (Adv. Gen. Ref.), but (contrast)
having become (gi,nomai, APPtc.NMP, Dramatic, Attributive &
Circumstantial, Deponent) eyewitnesses (Subj. Nom.; Peter,
James and John at the transfiguration) of His (Poss. Gen.)
majesty (Gen. Attend. Circum.; magnificence, grandeur).
BGT 2 Peter 1:16 Ouv ga.r sesofisme,noij mu,qoij evxakolouqh,santej evgnwri,samen u`mi/n th.n
tou/ kuri,ou h`mw/n VIhsou/ Cristou/ du,namin kai. parousi,an avllV evpo,ptai genhqe,ntej th/j
evkei,nou megaleio,thtojÅ
VUL 2 Peter 1:16 non enim doctas fabulas secuti notam fecimus vobis Domini nostri Iesu Christi
virtutem et praesentiam sed speculatores facti illius magnitudinis
LWB 2 Peter 1:17 For even though He [Jesus Christ] received honor and glory from
the presence of God the Father, when there came forth to Him from glory [heaven]
a voice of a majestic nature: “My Son, My beloved One, He is the One [which the
spectators were observing] in Whom I am well pleased,”
KW 2 Peter 1:17 For having received from the presence of God the Father honor and
glory, there was borne along by the sublime glory such a voice, My Son, the beloved
One, this One, in whom I am well pleased.