ACC ~ 2 Peter 1 v20

NO PROPHECY BY THE IMPULSE OF HUMANS. HILARY OF ARLES: You must take care when interpreting the Scriptures not to be too greatly fixated upon the places, times and people who wrote them down, as if they were merely human compositions. Rather you ought to rely on the clarity and sufficiency of the Spirit. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER.

NO SCRIPTURE IS A MATTER OF ONE’S OWN INTERPRETATION. BEDE: The prophets heard God speaking to them in the secret recesses of their own hearts. They simply conveyed that message by their preaching and writing to God’s people. They were not like pagan oracles, which distorted the divine message in their own interest, for they did not write their own words but the words of God. For this reason the reader cannot interpret them by himself, because he is liable to depart from the true meaning, but rather he must wait to hear how the One who wrote the words wants them to be understood. ON 2 PETER.

NO ATTEMPT TO TILT ITS MEANING. OECUMENIUS: This means that the prophets received their prophecies from God and transmitted what he wanted to say, not what they wanted. They were fully aware that the message had been given to them, and they made no attempt to put their own interpretation on it. If they could not bring themselves to accept what the Spirit had said to them, then they kept their mouths shut, as Jonah did, for example, when he refused to preach to Nineveh, and Balaam also did when he was commanded to say what had been communicated to him.COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER.

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