Searching (εραυνωντες). Present active participle of εραυναω, late form for older ερευναω (both in the papyri), uncompounded verb …

Searching what. That is, examining their own predictions with care, to ascertain what they meant. They studied them as we do the predictio…

Searching. This further explains the “inquired and searched” mentioned above; it specifies the object of the inquiry. They knew th…

Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who p…

This salvation was the subject of the OT prophecies of the messianic sufferings and glories. The prophets not only spoke to the situation of their …

And what they inquired is pointed out when he adds, Searching what, or what manner of time. There was a difference between the law and the…

Searching what, or what manner of time
The prophets made a very diligent inquiry into the exact time when Christ sho…

Jesus Christ was the main subject of the prophets' studies. Their inquiry into the sufferings of Christ and the glories that should follow would le…