The International critical commentary on the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments Volume т. 42 - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ... not v«cpo«. Hoimunn gives vc/cpois the same signification, but regards the verse as a word of menace, making yap refer to /?Aar$i;/io5Wes ot dirofiwo-owi 6yov. In this case the sense will be, "Let not the blasphemer think that, if he escapes punishment in this life, he has escaped altogether. For this is why the gospel was preached to those who are now dead in order that (if they listened) they might have eternal life (but if they refused to listen, might heap up to themselves further condemnation)." But here we have to make a large and arbitrary parenthesis to get the sense which Hofmann desires, and the objections to this meaning of vocpow remain. In very early times the cfafyycXir6r of iv. 6 was distinguished from the oJpufeK of iii. 19 and ascribed not to Christ, but to the apostles; see Hermas, Sim. ix. 16. 5-7; Clem. Alex. Strom, vi. 6. 45, 46. This view was only rendered possible by the impersonality of «vJ7yy«A.Hr0j/, and is quite fanciful. Further, Hermas, Clement, Irenaeus (iv. 22. i, 2), and Ignatius (Magn. ix. 3) restrict the preaching to the just, guided probably by the mention of the "saints" in Matt xxvii. 52. But, as noticed above, the use of aTreiOya-ao-iv in iii. 2o seems clearly to imply that in St. Peter's belief the offer was made to all, though some might reject the light in Hades, as many do reject it in this world. 7. irdvTaiv Se To T&os TJYyiKey. "But the end of all things has drawn near." The "but" introduces a new train of thought suggested by the mention of the judgment. It has drawn near, and there is increased need for watchfulness and prayer. The day is near (tTot/Mjv, i. 5; dXiyov aprt, i. 6; Tu troi'/xws lovri, iv. 6 j cf. Jas. v. 8; Phil. iv. 5; Apoc. xxii. 12...
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