1 Corinthians 2:8 KJV — MannaFest

Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

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ASV

which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:

WEB

None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

YLT

which no one of the rulers of this age did know, for if they had known, the Lord of the glory they would not have crucified;

DBT

which none of the princes of this age knew, (for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;)

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1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

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24 verses on the floor

Luke 23:34
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
Psalms 24:7
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
John 1:10
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Acts 13:27
For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
Ephesians 1:17
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

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This Pilate and the Jewish rulers literally did when our Redeemer was crucified upon the sentence of the one and the clamorous demands of the other. Observe, Jesus Christ is the Lord of Glory, a title much too great for any creature to bear: and the reason why he was hated was because he was not known.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The apostles had the revelation of these things from the Spirit of God, and the saving impression of them from the same Spirit. We see here in what manner this wisdom was taught or communicated: Which things we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Ghost teaches,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The strongest proof of the natural man's destitution of heavenly wisdom. crucified . . . Lord of glory--implying the inseparable connection of Christ's humanity and His divinity. The Lord of glory (which He had in His own right before the world was, Joh 17:4, 24) was crucified.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

In like manner the Father is styled, "the Father of glory," Eph. i, 17; and the Holy Ghost, "the Spirit of glory," 1 Pet. iv, 14. The application of this title to all the three, shows that the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are "the God of glory;" as the only true God is called, Psalm xxix, 3, and Acts vii, 2.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

Connections1

Where this verse connects

Guardrail Romans 10:17
Faulkner's theological objection: faith comes by hearing the word (Rom 10:17) and the rulers of this age did not know the hidden wisdom (1 Cor 2:8) - redemption was not legibly pre-written in the constellations.
Faulkner, J. Creation 12(2):169-172 (1998); Rom 10:17; 1 Cor 2:8 (ASV)

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