2 Peter 1:19

and we have the prophetic word better established. You do well to attend to this, as to a lamp that shines in a dark place, till the day dawn, and the morning star arise in your hearts;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

In Context

18And this voice, which came from heaven, we heard when we were with him in the holy mount;

20knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture came from private interpretation:

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Cross References

Luke 1:78through the tender mercies of our God; by which the dawn from on high has visited us,

John 1:7This man came as a witness, to testify of the Light, that all through him might believe.

Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 1:17-19

Evidence of the Gospel. ( a. d. 67.) 16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. Here we have the reason of giving the foregoing… Read the whole commentary →

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