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Empty Wells & False Promises
Commentators explain that the images of "springs without water" and "mists driven by a storm" paint a vivid picture of false teachers. Like a dry well in a desert, they promise life-giving truth but leave their followers spiritually thirsty and disappointed. They have an outward appearance of wisdom but are inwardly empty and barren, offering nothing of true substance.
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2 Peter
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Peter 2:17
18th Century
Theologian
These are wells without water. Jude 1:12–13 employs several other epithets to describe the same class of people. The language e…
AT Robertson
On 2 Peter 2:17
Without water (ανυδρο). As in Mt 12:43; Luke 11:24. Old word for common and disappointing experience of travellers in t…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Peter 2:17
19th Century
Bishop
These are wells.—Or, springs; this is the same word as in John 4:6. These men are like dried-up watering-places …
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Peter 2:17
Whatever else may be said about this chapter, it is a powerful piece of writing that gains momentum as it reaches its climax. In vivid words, Peter…
John Calvin
On 2 Peter 2:17
16th Century
Theologian
These are wells, or fountains, without water. He shows by these two metaphors that they had nothing within, though they made a gr…
John Gill
On 2 Peter 2:17
17th Century
Pastor
These are wells without water
Which look large and deep, promise much, and have nothing in them; so these men looked…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Peter 2:17–22
17th Century
Minister
The word of truth is the water of life, which refreshes the souls that receive it; but deceivers spread and promote error, and are shown to be empt…