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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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Albert Barnes
On 1 Peter 1:10
18th Century
Theologian
Of which salvation. This refers to the certainty that this system of religion, securing the salvation of the soul, would be revealed. The …
AT Robertson
On 1 Peter 1:10
Concerning which salvation (περ ης σωτηριας). Another relative clause (taking up σωτηρια from verse 9 and incorporating it) in thi…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Peter 1:10
19th Century
Bishop
Of which salvation.—The “of” stands for “concerning,” “with regard to”; and the salvation which formed the subject of investigatio…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Peter 1:8–10
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Peter 1:10
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 …
John Calvin
On 1 Peter 1:10
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On 1 Peter 1:10
17th Century
Pastor
Of which salvation the prophets have inquired
They greatly desired the coming of the Saviour, and to see him; they l…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Peter 1:10–12
17th Century
Minister
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…