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2 Peter 1:18
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
this: Matthew 17:6
the holy: Genesis 28:16, Genesis 28:17, Exodus 3:1, Exodus 3:5, Joshua 5:15, Isaiah 11:9, Isaiah 56:7, Zechariah 8:3, Matthew 17:6
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:12 - only ye heard a voice 1 Kings 19:11 - stand upon the mount 2 Chronicles 8:11 - holy Psalms 87:1 - the holy Matthew 17:1 - an high Mark 1:11 - there Luke 3:22 - Thou art Luke 9:35 - This Acts 7:33 - Put
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The sun rises at one end of the heavens and follows its course to the other end. Nothing can hide from its heat.
His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
His going forth is from the end of the heavens, And his circuit to the ends of it; And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
The sun rises at one end of the sky and follows its path to the other end. Nothing hides from its heat.
It emerges from the distant horizon, and goes from one end of the sky to the other; nothing can escape its heat.
His going forth [is] from the end of the heaven, and his circuit to the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from his heat.
His going forth is from the end of the heavens, His circuit to the ends of it; There is nothing hid from the heat of it.
The sun's rising is from one end of the heavens, And its circuit to the other end of them; And there is nothing hidden from its heat.
Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and there is nothing hidden from its heat.
his goynge out was fro hiyeste heuene. And his goyng ayen was to the hiyeste therof; and noon is that hidith hym silf fro his heet.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And this voice, which came from heaven, we heard,.... Peter, who wrote this epistle, and James and John, the favourite disciples of Christ; and who were a sufficient number to bear witness of what they then saw and heard:
when we were with him; and saw his glory, and the glory of Moses and Elias, and were so delighted with his company, and theirs, and with communion with him, that Peter, in the name of the rest, desired to stay there:
in the holy mount; the Ethiopic version reads, "in the mountain of his sanctuary"; and so Grotius understands it of Mount Moriah, on which the temple was built, called the holy hill, and the holy hill of Zion; and supposes that this voice was heard in the temple, and that it refers to John 12:28, but without any foundation; for the mount on which Christ was transfigured is here meant; and which was either, as is generally said, Tabor, a mountain in Galilee; or it may be Lebanon, which was near Caesarea Philippi, in the parts of which Christ then was: and it is called "holy", from his presence or transfiguration on it, who is the Holy One; just as the land on which Moses was, and the city and temple of Jerusalem, and Mount Sion, and Sinai, are called "holy", from the presence of the holy God there, Exodus 3:5. Now such a declaration of the honour and glory of Christ, as the Son of God, being made by God the Father, in a voice from heaven, which the apostles heard with their ears, at the same time that they saw with their eyes his human body glorified in an amazing manner, was to them a confirming evidence that he would come again in power and glory; and upon this evidence they declared, and made known to the saints, the power and coming of Christ; though not on this evidence only, but also upon the more sure word of prophecy, which entirely agrees with it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And this voice which came from heaven we heard - To wit, Peter, and James, and John.
When we were with him in the holy mount - Called “holy” on account of the extraordinary manifestation of the Redeemer’s glory there. It is not certainly known what mountain this was, but it has commonly been supposed to be Mount Tabor. See the notes at Matthew 17:1.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 18. And this voice - we heard — That is, himself, James, and John heard it, and saw this glory; for these only were the εποπται, beholders, on the holy mount. It is worthy of remark that our blessed Lord, who came to give a new law to mankind, appeared on this holy mount with splendour and great glory, as God did when he came on the holy mount, Sinai, to give the old law to Moses. And when the voice came from the excellent glory, This is my Son, the beloved One, in whom I have delighted; hear him: the authority of the old law was taken away. Neither Moses nor Elijah, the law nor the prophets, must tabernacle among men, as teaching the whole way of salvation, and affording the means of eternal life; these things they had pointed out, but these things they did not contain; yet the fulfilment of their types and predictions rendered their declarations more firm and incontestable. See below.
