2 Peter 1:20

Bill Ross wross at farmerstel.com
Thu Dec 10 10:39:55 EST 1998


Hi. This is Bill Ross. I have been away for many months ("stumbling on the 
sides of seven misty mountains"). I need some help with 1 Peter 1:20 and 
didn't see it in the archives - which surprised me.

* is the fact that the first phrase is in the positive a choice? Could it 
have been said, as in the KJV, "no prophecy", instead of "every 
prophecy...is not", or is that pretty much how you say it?

* shouldn't GINETAI be translated "is becoming", as opposed to "has come"?

* would anyone suggest a translation of the hapax EPILUSEWS other than 
interpretation? How about "unloosing"? What about 
"resolving-the-interpretation-of"? What about "unknotting-the-meaning-of"?

The present tense of GINETAI makes me wonder if Peter is referring to a 
present activity of receiving revelation by meditation, allowing the Holy 
Spirit to "unknot the meaning of" the prophecies of Scripture, since he has 
just told them that they would do well to listen until the day star 
arises...



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