Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
But—(it has happened) as it is written.
Eye hath not seen, etc.—ALFORD translates, "The things which eye saw not . . . the things which God prepared . . . to us God revealed through His Spirit." Thus, however, the "but" of I Corinthians 2:10 is ignored. Rather construe, as ESTIUS, "('We speak,' supplied from I Corinthians 2:8), things which eye saw not (heretofore), . . . things which God prepared . . . But God revealed them to us," etc. The quotation is not a verbatim one, but an inspired exposition of the "wisdom" (I Corinthians 2:6, from Isaiah 64:4). The exceptive words, "O God, beside (that is, except) Thee," are not quoted directly, but are virtually expressed in the exposition of them (I Corinthians 2:10), "None but thou, O God, seest these mysteries, and God hath revealed them to us by His Spirit."
entered—literally, "come up into the heart." A Hebraism (compare, Jeremiah 3:16, Margin). In Isaiah 64:4 it is "Prepared (literally, 'will do') for him that waiteth for Him"; here, "for them that love Him." For Isaiah spake to them who waited for Messiah's appearance as future; Paul, to them who love Him as having actually appeared (I John 4:19); compare I Corinthians 2:12, "the things that are freely given to us of God"
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Corinthians 2:9:
Isaiah 29:12
Isaiah 48:6
Isaiah 64:4
Matthew 13:11
John 1:14
Romans 8:28
Romans 11:25
1 Corinthians 2:7
1 Corinthians 2:12
1 Corinthians 2:13
1 Corinthians 2:13
1 Corinthians 13:12
2 Corinthians 6:6
2 Corinthians 12:4
Philippians 4:7
1 Timothy 3:9
1 Timothy 3:16
James 2:5
1 Peter 1:8
Revelation 19:12
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