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Your Place in History
Commentators emphasize that the Old Testament prophets knew their prophecies about Christ's suffering and glory were not primarily for their own time, but for future believers. They served a spiritual meal they couldn't fully enjoy. This highlights the incredible privilege Christians have in living after Christ's coming, seeing clearly what the prophets only saw in shadows.
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1 Peter
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Peter 1:12
18th Century
Theologian
Unto whom it was revealed. They were not permitted to know fully the import of the predictions they were made instruments to communicate t…
AT Robertson
On 1 Peter 1:12
To whom (οις). Dative plural of the relative pronoun. To the prophets who were seeking to understand. Bigg observes that "the conn…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Peter 1:12
19th Century
Bishop
Unto whom it was revealed.—As 1 Peter 1:11 expanded and expounded the words “inquired and searched,” so the first part…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Peter 1:11–12
19th Century
Preacher
Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Chris…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Peter 1:12
Through revelation the prophets learned that some of their utterances related to future generations. Their writings contain both “near” and “far” a…
John Calvin
On 1 Peter 1:12
16th Century
Theologian
Unto whom it was revealed This passage has been strangely distorted by fanatics to exclude the ancestors who lived under the Law from the …
John Gill
On 1 Peter 1:12
17th Century
Pastor
Unto whom it was revealed
The salvation they searched and inquired into, and the grace of it; the time of its being …
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…