Focused Passage

2 Peter 1:16-18

Godliness, Apostolic Witness, and the Sure Prophetic Word

Peter moves from grace-given faith to grace-empowered godliness, then from urgent remembrance to eyewitness certainty, and finally to the Spirit-carried prophetic word as the church's sure lamp until Christ's appearing.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

16For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

17For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

18And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

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Verse 16

Cross-references

Matthew 17BSB references Mark 9BSB references Luke 9:28BSB references 1 John 1:1Classic cross-references 1 John 4:14Classic cross-references 1 John 2:27Classic cross-references 1 Timothy 1:4Classic cross-references John 1:14Classic cross-references

Original words

ForγὰρG1063ConjunctionvvvΟὐG3756Adverbwe did not followἐξακολουθήσαντεςG1811Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Pluralcleverly devisedσεσοφισμένοιςG4679Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Masculine PluralfablesμύθοιςG3454Noun - Dative Masculine Pluralwhen we made knownἐγνωρίσαμενG1107Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Pluralto youὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person PluraltheτὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularpowerδύναμινG1411Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctioncomingπαρουσίανG3952Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularof ourἡμῶνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularLordΚυρίουG2962Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularJesusἸησοῦG2424Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularChristΧριστοῦG5547Noun - Genitive Masculine Singularbutἀλλ’G235Conjunctionwe wereγενηθέντεςG1096Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine PluraleyewitnessesἐπόπταιG2030Noun - Nominative Masculine Pluralof HisἐκείνουG1565Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular-τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularmajestyμεγαλειότητοςG3168Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular

Verse 17

Cross-references

Mark 9:7Classic cross-references Matthew 17:5Classic cross-references Matthew 3:17Classic cross-references Luke 3:22Classic cross-references Luke 9:34Classic cross-references

Original words

ForγὰρG1063ConjunctionHe receivedλαβὼνG2983Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularhonorτιμὴνG5092Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctiongloryδόξανG1391Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularfromπαρὰG3844PrepositionGodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular[the] FatherΠατρὸςG3962Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular[when] the voiceφωνῆςG5456Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularcameἐνεχθείσηςG5342Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Genitive Feminine Singularto HimαὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person SingularfromὑπὸG5259PrepositiontheτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularMajesticμεγαλοπρεποῦςG3169Adjective - Genitive Feminine SingularGloryδόξηςG1391Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularsayingτοιᾶσδεG5107Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Feminine SingularThisοὗτόςG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine SingularisἐστινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularMyμουG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular-μουG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular-ὁG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularbelovedἀγαπητόςG27Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular-ὉG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularSonΥἱόςG5207Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularinεἰςG1519PrepositionwhomὃνG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine SingularIἐγὼG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singularam well pleasedεὐδόκησαG2106Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular

BSB notes

Matthew 17:5; see also Mark 9:7 and Luke 9:35.

Verse 18

Cross-references

Matthew 17:6Classic cross-references Matthew 17:1Classic cross-references Psalms 87:1Classic cross-references Acts 7:33Classic cross-references Exodus 3:5Classic cross-references

Original words

AndκαὶG2532Conjunctionwe ourselvesἡμεῖςG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person PluralheardἠκούσαμενG191Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person PluralthisταύτηνG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular-τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularvoiceφωνὴνG5456Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular. . .ἐνεχθεῖσανG5342Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Accusative Feminine SingularfromἐξG1537PrepositionheavenοὐρανοῦG3772Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular[when] we wereὄντεςG1510Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralwithσὺνG4862PrepositionHimαὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person SingularonἐνG1722PrepositiontheτῷG3588Article - Dative Neuter SingularholyἁγίῳG40Adjective - Dative Neuter SingularmountainὄρειG3735Noun - Dative Neuter Singular

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