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2 Peter 1:16 KJV
2 Peter · chapter 1 · verse 16
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.2 Peter 1:16 · King James Version
2 Peter 1:16 in context
14Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
15Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
16For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
17For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
18And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
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- fablesmythosa speech, word, saying, a narrative, story, a true narrative, a fiction, a fable, an…G3454 →
- comingparousiapresence, the coming, arrival, advent, the future visible return from heaven of Jesus, to…G3952 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- knowngnōrizōto make known, to become known, be recognised, to know, to gain knowledge of, have…G1107 →
- powerdynamisstrength power, ability, inherent power, power residing in a thing by virtue of its…G1411 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
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Here we have the reason of giving the foregoing exhortation, and that with so much diligence and seriousness. These things are not idle tales, or a vain thing, but of undoubted truth and vast concern. The gospel is not a cunningly devised fable.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-18