2 Peter 3:8 BSB — MannaFest

2 Peter 3:8

Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

BSB

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ASV

But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

KJV

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

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Commentary

3 voices

Athanasius of Alexandria

296–373

CATENA (373)

A thousand years is the time that the temple worship lasted. For from the completion of the temple by Solomon, who built the Lord's house until it became redundant when Christ died on the cross is a thousand years. This thousand years is compared to a day, or to a watch in the night, because everything appeared to be night before the coming of the Savior. For until the sun of righteousness arose, everyone dwelt in ignorance and confusion.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 447: “God'S Estimate Of Time” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1862)

FROM this text certain persons, more desirous to find arguments for their theories, than a truthful exposition of the Apostle's meaning, have drawn the inference that a day in Scripture is typical of a thousand years—that is to say, that inasmuch as God was six days in creating the heavens and the earth and then rested on the seventh day, so we must expect to have a thousand years for every day.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

He is equally blessed in one day and in a thousand years. He can do the work of a thousand years in one day: so in 2Pe 3:9 it is said, "He is not slack," that is, "slow": He has always the power to fulfil His "promise." thousand years as one day--No delay which occurs is long to God: as to a man of countless riches, a thousand guineas are as a single penny.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἓν	Hen	[This] one	G1520 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
τοῦτο	touto	thing	G3778 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
λανθανέτω	lanthanetō	should be hidden from	G2990 →
ὑμᾶς,	humas	you,	G4771 →
ἀγαπητοί,	agapētoi	beloved,	G27 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
μία	mia	one	G1520 →
ἡμέρα	hēmera	day	G2250 →
παρὰ	para	with [the]	G3844 →
κυρίῳ	kuriō	Lord [is]	G2962 →
ὡς	hōs	like	G5613 →
χίλια	chilia	a thousand	G5507 →
ἔτη	etē	years	G2094 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
χίλια	chilia	a thousand	G5507 →
ἔτη	etē	years	G2094 →
ὡς	hōs	like	G5613 →
ἡμέρα	hēmera	day	G2250 →
μία.	mia	one.	G1520 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Romans 11:25
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles…
leads to
- Luke 21:24
  They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
- 2 Corinthians 3:14–16
  But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.
- Romans 16:25
  Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
- Romans 12:16
  Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.
Through
Psalms 90:4
For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
leads to
- Psalms 39:5
  You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
Through
1 Corinthians 10:1
I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.
leads to
- Exodus 14:29
  But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
- Nehemiah 9:11–12
  You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.
Through
1 Corinthians 12:1
Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 12:4–11
  There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 2 Peter

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 2 Peter