Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Illustrating Christ's well-doing (I Peter 2:20) though suffering.
did—Greek aorist. "Never in a single instance did" [ALFORD]. Quoted from Isaiah 53:9, end, Septuagint.
neither—nor yet: not even [ALFORD]. Sinlessness as to the mouth is a mark of perfection. Guile is a common fault of servants. "If any boast of his innocency, Christ surely did not suffer as an evildoer" [CALVIN], yet He took it patiently (I Peter 2:20). On Christ's sinlessness, compare II Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 7:26.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Peter 2:22:
Song of Solomon 5:13
Isaiah 42:19
Isaiah 52:13
Isaiah 53:9
Matthew 5:5
Matthew 5:44
John 19:26-27
Romans 12:9
2 Corinthians 5:21
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