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NASB | Acts 1:3 To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 1:3 To these [men] He also showed Himself alive after His suffering [in Gethsemane and on the cross], by [a series of] many infallible proofs and unquestionable demonstrations, appearing to them over a period of forty days and talking to them about the things concerning the kingdom of God. |
Subject: time |
Bible Note: Scott, One thing that we have not touched upon that may help in our understanding of 2 Peter 3:8 is the fact that Peter is speaking about God's perspective of time in 2 Peter 3:8, not man's perspective. However, I believe that God created the world in six literal earth days so that we, in our limited perspective of time, could understand that He is the Source of creation. God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh day for OUR good - so that we could establish a system of months, days, and years (time). However, God is not bound to the earth and He is not bound whatsoever by time, since He is the one who put time into motion. In this way, we can understand 2 Peter 3:8, in saying that God could view the total time that has elapsed since creation until today (or until the end of time for that matter) as one single day. But according to our perspective, many thousands of years has elapsed! I believe that the Lord was speaking with man's perspective in mind when He spoke to Adam in Genesis 2:17. We must not forget what the Lord has told us in Isaiah 55:8-9.. "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." (RSV) I believe that Isaiah 55:8-9 was spoken with the same perspective in mind as was 2 Peter 3:8. We must not forget that Peter quoted Isaiah from time to time (1 Peter 1:24, 2:6,8). Blessings to you, Makarios |