2 Peter 1:19
And we have the more firm prophetical word: whereunto you do well to attend, as to a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
18And this voice we heard brought from heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount.
20Understanding this first, that no prophecy of scripture is made by private interpretation.
Cross References
Isaiah 8:20To the law rather, and to the testimony. And if they speak not according to this word, they shall not have the morning light.
Isaiah 41:21Bring your cause near, saith the Lord: bring hither, if you have any thing to allege, saith the King of Jacob.
Isaiah 60:1Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
Luke 1:78Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:
John 1:7This man came for a witness, to give testimony of the light, that all men might believe through him.
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 →