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2 Peter 1:16

For it is not after fables which are made with art that we have gone, in making known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, but as we were spectators of his majesty.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15But be careful also that (these) you may continually have; that also after my going forth the memorial of them you may observe.

17For when he received from Aloha the Father honour and glory, while a voice came to him as this, after the glorious beauty of his majesty, This is my Son, the Beloved, in whom I have delighted;

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Cross References

Matthew 24:3And while Jeshu sat upon the mount of Olives, his disciples drew near and said between themselves and him, Tell us when these things shall be; and what is the sign of thy coming and of the consummation of the world.

Matthew 28:18And Jeshu drew near, and discoursed with them, and said to them, There is given unto me all power in heaven and in earth.

Luke 9:28And it was after these words about eight days, that Jeshu took Shemun and Jakub and Juchanon, and went up into a mountain to pray.

John 17:2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him he should give the life which is eternal.

1 Corinthians 1:7That you may not be deficient in one of his gifts, but be expecting the revelation of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha,

Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 1:13-16

Spiritual Exertions. ( a. d. 67.) 12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. 13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; 14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath showed me. 15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. I. The… Read the whole commentary →

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