Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Where is the promise of his coming? (pou estin h epaggelia thv parousiav autou). This is the only sample of the questions raised by these mockers. Peter had mentioned this subject of the parousia in II Peter 1:16. Now he faces it squarely. Peter, like Paul (I Thessalonians 5:1 f.; II Thessalonians 2:1 f.), preached about the second coming (II Peter 1:16; Acts 3:20 f.), as Jesus himself did repeatedly (Matthew 24:34) and as the angels promised at the Ascension (Acts 1:11). Both Jesus and Paul (II Thessalonians 2:1 f.) were misunderstood on the subject of the time and the parables of Jesus urged readiness and forbade setting dates for his coming, though his language in Matthew 24:34 probably led some to believe that he would certainly come while they were alive.
From the day that (af hv). "From which day." See Luke 7:45.
Fell asleep (ekoimhqhsan). First aorist passive indicative of koimaw, old verb, to put sleep, classic euphemism for death (John 11:11) like our cemetery (sleeping-place).
Continue (diamenei). Present active indicative of diamenw, to remain through (Luke 1:22). In statu quo.
As they were (outwv). "Thus."
From the beginning of creation (ap arxhv ktisewv). Precisely so in Mark 10:6, which see.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 2 Peter 3:4:
Matthew 24:48
2 Peter 1:16
2 Peter 2:3
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