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Death as a Transition
Commentators highlight Peter's description of death as "putting off this tabernacle." This metaphor reframes death not as a terrifying end, but as a transition. Like a traveler leaving a temporary tent for a permanent home, the believer moves from their earthly body to be with the Lord. This perspective, shared by scholars like Calvin and Gill, is meant to provide comfort and reduce fear.
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Peter 1:14
18th Century
Theologian
Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle. That I must die. This he knew, probably, because he was growing old and was reachi…
AT Robertson
On 2 Peter 1:14
The putting off of my tabernacle (η αποθεσις του σκηννωματος μου). For αποθεσις see on 1 Peter 3:21 and for σκηνωμα ve…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Peter 1:14
19th Century
Bishop
Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle.—This is rather wide of the mark. Among English versions, Wycliffe…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Peter 1:13–14
19th Century
Preacher
Yea, I think it meet, As long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; knowing that shortly I must put off thi…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Peter 1:14
That Peter knows that he will not always live in “the tent of this body” underlines what he has been saying. The word “tent” (GK 5013; cf. 5008) wa…
John Calvin
On 2 Peter 1:14
16th Century
Theologian
I must put off this my tabernacle. Literally, the words are, "Short is the putting away of this tabernacle." By this way of speaking, and …
John Gill
On 2 Peter 1:14
17th Century
Pastor
Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle ,
&c.] Which is another reason why the apostle was so pressin…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Peter 1:12–15
17th Century
Minister
We must be established in the belief of the truth, so that we are not shaken by every wind of doctrine; and especially in the truth necessary for u…