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2 Peter 1:16

For we have not gone after fables artfully framed, in making known to you the power and advent of our Lord Jesus the Messiah; but it was after we had been spectators of his majesty.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

15And I am anxious, that, after my departure, ye too may have it always with you to make mention of these things.

17For, when he received from God the Father honor and glory, and, after the splendid glory of his majesty, a voice came to him thus: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased;

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Cross References

Matthew 24:3And as Jesus sat on the mount of Olives, his disciples came, and said between themselves and him: Tell us when these things are to be; and what will be the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the world.

Matthew 28:18And Jesus came near, and discoursed with them, and said to them: All authority is given to me, in heaven and on earth. And as my Father sent me, so also I send you.

Luke 9:28And it was about eight days after these discourses, that Jesus took Simon and James and John, and went up a mountain to pray.

John 17:2As thou hast given him authority over all flesh, that he might give life eternal to as many as thou hast given him.

1 Corinthians 1:7so that ye are not inferior in any one of his gifts; but are waiting for the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Messiah:

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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