See the notes at Titus 2:13.Īnd hasting unto the coming - Margin, as in Greek: ""hasting the coming."" The Greek word rendered "hasting," (σπεύδω speudō,) means to urge on, to hasten and then to hasten after anything, to await with eager desire. 16) we have a somewhat similar passage-“The day of judgment cometh even now as a burning oven ( Malachi 4:1), and of the heavens shall melt, and all the earth as lead melting on the fire.”īarnes' Notes on the BibleLooking for - Not knowing when this may occur, the mind should be in that state which constitutes "expectation " that is, a belief that it will occur, and a condition of mind in which we would not be taken by surprise should it happen at any moment.
Shall melt.-“Melt” is here correct, being quite a different word from that rendered “melt” in 2Peter 3:10, which is the same as that here translated “be dissolved.” In the so-called Second Epistle of Clement (chap. Wherein.-Rather, by reason of which, either “the day” or “the coming” being meant. It is doubly remarkable: (1) “coming,” in the special sense indicated by the particular word used in the Greek, is elsewhere used of Christ Himself, not of the day (2) “the day of God” is a very unusual expression. The coming of the day of God.-A phrase which occurs here only.
Peter’s speech in Solomon’s Porch ( Acts 3:19-21, where see Notes) and as the thought is striking and unusual-perhaps nowhere else in the New Testament distinctly-this coincidence may fairly be admitted as a note of genuineness. 2Timothy 4:8 Revelation 22:20.) The thought is singularly parallel to St. The margin is probably right, hasting the coming- i.e., hastening Christ’s coming by holy lives, by helping to make the Gospel known to all nations ( Matthew 24:14), so as to “accomplish the number of the elect,” and by praying “Thy kingdom come.” (Comp. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) Hasting unto.-There is no “unto” in the Greek.