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Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you,
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A Long-Awaited Salvation
Commentators emphasize that Peter highlights the immense value of salvation by describing how the Old Testament prophets, who only saw it from a distance, longed for and diligently studied it. Their intense desire for what Christians now possess should cause believers to treasure the grace they have received in Christ.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Of which salvation. This refers to the certainty that this system of religion, securing the salvation of the soul, would be revealed. The …
Concerning which salvation (περ ης σωτηριας). Another relative clause (taking up σωτηρια from verse 9 and incorporating it) in thi…
19th Century
Anglican
Of which salvation.—The “of” stands for “concerning,” “with regard to”; and the salvation which formed the subject of investigatio…
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Baptist
In whom, though now you see him not, yet believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: receiving the end of your faith, even t…
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 …
16th Century
Protestant
He therefore commends the value of salvation, because the prophets had their minds intensely focused on it; for it must have been a matter of great…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Of which salvation the prophets have inquired They greatly desired the coming of the Saviour, and to see him; they l…
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…
