2 Peter 1:14

2 Peter 1:14

Peter’s Approaching Death

12 For this reason ^aI will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, ^bthough you know and are established in the present truth.

13 Yes, I think it is right, ^aas long as I am in this tent, ^bto stir you up by reminding you,

14 ^aknowing that shortly I must¹ put off my tent, just as ^bour Lord Jesus Christ showed me.

15 Moreover I will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after my¹ decease.

The Trustworthy Prophetic Word

16 For we did not follow ^acunningly devised fables when we made known to you the ^bpower and ^ccoming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were ^deyewitnesses of His majesty.

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

18 And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on ^athe holy mountain.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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The putting off of my tabernacle (h apoqesiv tou skhnnwmatov mou). For apoqesiv see on I Peter 3:21 and for skhnwma verse II Peter 1:13. For the metaphor see II Corinthians 5:3 f.

Cometh swiftly (taxinh estin). Late adjective (Theocritus, LXX, inscription), in N.T. only here and II Peter 2:1. It is not clear whether taxinov means soon or speedy as in Isaiah 59:7 and like taxuv in James 1:19, or sudden, like taxuv in Plato (Republ. 553 D). Either sense agrees with the urgent tone of Peter here, whether he felt his death to be near or violent or both.

Signified unto me (edhlwsen moi). First aorist active indicative of dhlow, old verb (from delov), as in I Peter 1:11. Peter refers to the incident told in John 21:18 f., which he knew by personal experience before John wrote it down.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 2 Peter 1:14:**

1 Peter 3:21
2 Peter 1:13
2 Peter 2:1

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