1 Peter 1:10

that life namely, about which the prophets inquired, when they were prophesying of the grace which was to be given to you.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:

In Context

9that ye may receive the recompense of your faith, the life of your souls;

11And they searched for the time which the Spirit of the Messiah dwelling in them did show and testify, when the sufferings of the Messiah were to occur, and his subsequent glory.

Read all of 1 Peter 1

Cross References

Matthew 13:17For verily I say to you, That many prophets and righteous men longed to see what ye see, and did not see it; and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear it.

Luke 10:24For I say to you, that many prophets and kings desired to see what ye see, and did not see it; and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear it.

Luke 24:44And he said to them: These are the things which I said to you while I was with you, That all things written of me, in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in the psalms, must be fulfilled.

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 1:7-10

Privileges of Christians. ( a. d. 66.) 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 9 Receiving the end of your… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study 1 Peter 1:10