1 Peter 1:11

1 Peter 1:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
• New International Version (NIV)trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow.
• English Standard Version (ESV)inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories.
• New King James Version (NKJV)searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.

Context of 1 Peter 1:11

9because you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 10Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who prophesied about the grace that would come to you, searched and carefully investigated. They inquired into what time or what circumstances the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified in advance to the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. 12It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you. These things have now been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven — angels long to catch a glimpse of these things. 13Therefore, with your minds ready for action, be sober-minded and set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:11 word by word

ἐραυνῶντες εἰς τίνα ἢ ποῖον καιρὸν ἐδήλου τὸ ἐν αὐτοῖς πνεῦμα Χριστοῦ προμαρτυρόμενον τὰ εἰς Χριστὸν παθήματα καὶ τὰς μετὰ ταῦτα δόξας·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Searchingἐρευνάωereunaō · to look for/intoG2045
• ·εἰςeis · towardG1519
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• orἤē · orG2228
• what manner ofποῖοςpoios · what?G4169
• timeκαιρόςkairos · time/right timeG2540
• the Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• of ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• was inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• did signifyδηλόωdēloō · to make clearG1213
• when it testifiedπρομαρτύρομαιpromarturomai · to predictG4303
• the sufferingsπάθημαpathēma · sufferingG3804
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the gloryδόξαdoxa · gloryG1391
• thatοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• should followμετάmeta · with/afterG3326

Cross-references for 1 Peter 1:11

• 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,
• Romans 8:9You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him.
• Galatians 4:6And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”
• 2 Peter 1:21because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
• Revelation 19:10Then I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold firmly to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, because the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
• Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from my deliverance and from my words of groaning?
• Psalms 69:1Save me, God, for the water has risen to my neck.
• Psalms 88:1Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out before you day and night.
• Isaiah 52:13See, my servant will be successful; he will be raised and lifted up and greatly exalted.
• Isaiah 53:1Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
• Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city — to bring the rebellion to an end, to put a stop to sin, to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy place.
• Zechariah 13:7Sword, awake against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate — this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.
• Luke 24:25He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
• Genesis 3:15I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.
• Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah or the staff from between his feet until he whose right it is comes and the obedience of the peoples belongs to him.
• Psalms 22:22I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters; I will praise you in the assembly.

Commentaries on 1 Peter 1:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11The glory that should follow - Not only the glory of his resurrection, ascension, exaltation, and the effusion of his Spirit; but that grand manifestation of God's infinite love to the world in causing the Gospel of his Son to be everywhere preached, and the glorious moral changes which should take place in the world under that preaching, and the final glorification of all them who had here received the report, and continued faithful unto death. And we…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Searching what - That is, examining their own predictions with care, to ascertain what they meant. They studied them as we do the predictions which others have made; and though the prophets were the medium through which the truth was made known, yet their own predictions became a subject of careful investigation to themselves. The expression used here in the original, rendered “what,” ( ̓ ́ eis tinaliterally, “unto what,” may mean, so far as the Greek is…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-12Verses 10-12 Jesus Christ was the main subject of the prophets' studies. Their inquiry into the sufferings of Christ and the glories that should follow, would lead to a view of the whole gospel, the sum whereof is, That Christ Jesus was delivered for our offences, and raised again for our justification. God is pleased to answer our necessities rather than our requests. The doctrine of the prophets, and that of the apostles, exactly agree, as coming from…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11trying to determine: The prophets in the Old Testament received many messages about the future. But they did not know exactly when the promised salvation would come or how God would bring it. The Greek phrase translated the time can also mean what person. The prophets understood that the Messiah would come and that he would suffer before he was glorified. But they did not know who the Messiah would be.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. what--Greek, "In reference to what, or what manner of time." What expresses the time absolutely: what was to be the era of Messiah's coming; what manner of time; what events and features should characterize the time of His coming. The "or" implies that some of the prophets, if they could not as individuals discover the exact time, searched into its characteristic features and events. The Greek for "time" is the season, the epoch, the fit time in God's…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Peter 1:11

• Atonement
• Holy Spirit
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Mysteries
• Prophets
• Word of God

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• Christ, Messiah
• Conversation
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• Hope
• Look
• Respect
• Resurrection

Commentaries on 1 Peter 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings