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

9receiving the outcome of your faith—the salvation of your souls. 10The prophets, who spoke about the grace that was to be yours, searched for this salvation and investigated carefully. They were trying to find out the time and circumstances the Ruach of Messiah within them was indicating, when predicting the sufferings in store for Messiah and the glories to follow. 12It was revealed to them that they were providing these messages not to themselves but to you. These messages have now been announced to you through those who proclaimed the Good News to you by the Ruach ha-Kodesh, sent from heaven. Even angels long to catch a glimpse of these things. 13So brace your minds for action. Keep your balance. And set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Yeshua the Messiah.

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 Messiah once suffered for sins also—the righteous for the unrighteous—in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Ruach.
• Romans 8:9However, you are not in the flesh but in the Ruach—if indeed the Ruach Elohim dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Ruach of Messiah, he does not belong to Him.
• Galatians 4:6Now because you are sons, God sent the Ruach of His Son into our hearts, who cries out, “Abba! Father!”
• 2 Peter 1:21For no prophecy was ever brought forth by human will; rather, people spoke from God as they were moved by the Ruach ha-Kodesh.
• Revelation 19:10Then I fell down at his feet and worshiped him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that—for I am only a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Yeshua. Worship God! For the testimony of Yeshua is the Spirit of Prophesy.”
• Psalms 22:1For the music director, on “The Doe of the Dawn,” a psalm of David.
• Psalms 69:1For the music director, on “Lilies,” of David.
• Psalms 88:1A song, a psalm of the sons of Korah, for the music director, for singing Mahalath, a contemplative song of Heman the Ezrahite.
• Isaiah 52:13“Behold, My servant will prosper, He will be high and lifted up and greatly exalted.
• Isaiah 53:1‘Who has believed our report? To whom is the arm of Adonai revealed?
• Daniel 9:24“Seventy weeks are decreed concerning your people and your holy city, to put an end to transgression to bring sin to an end, to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Holy of Holies.
• Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against My shepherd, against the man who is My companion! It is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot. Strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered! I will turn My hand against the little ones.
• Luke 24:25Yeshua said to them, “Oh foolish ones, so slow of heart to put your trust in all that the prophets spoke!
• Genesis 3:15I will put animosity between you and the woman— between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will crush his heel.
• Genesis 49:10The scepter will not pass from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs will come. To him will be the obedience of the peoples.
• Psalms 22:22Save me from the lion’s mouth. From the horns of the wild oxen rescue me.

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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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