For ye were going astray like sheep (ητε γαρ ως προβατα πλανωμενο). Brought from Isa 53:6, but changed to periphrastic imperfect i…

For ye were as sheep going astray. This is also an allusion to Isaiah 53:6: All we like sheep have gone astray. (See notes on tha…

For you were as sheep going astray.—The correct reading does not attach “going astray” to “sheep,” but as a predicate of …

For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, …

Peter explores the sufferings of the Messiah more deeply. He has stated that Christ was patient and innocent. Moreover, his sufferings for us are i…

For ye were as sheep. Peter also borrowed this from Isaiah, except that the Prophet makes it a universal statement.

For you were as sheep going astray
This is a proof of their being healed, namely, their conversion; in which an appl…

Servants in those days were generally slaves and had heathen masters, who often treated them cruelly; yet the apostle directs them to be subject to…