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1 Peter 1:11

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1:11They probed24 into what person or time25 the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ26 and his subsequent glory.27

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  1. 24 Grk “probing.” The participle continues the sentence from v. 10 but has been translated as an indicative for English style.
  2. 25 Or “time or circumstances,” focusing not on the person but on the timing and circumstances of the fulfillment. The OT prophets wondered about the person and the surrounding circumstances (time) through which God would fulfill his promised salvation.
  3. 26 Grk “the sufferings unto Christ,” i.e., sufferings directed toward him, what he was destined to suffer.
  4. 27 Grk “the glories after these things.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

They wondered what time or situation the Spirit of Christ within them was talking about when he told them in advance about Christ’s suffering and his great glory afterward.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

investigating for what person or which time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he testified beforehand to the sufferings with reference to Christ and the glories after these things,

KJV 1900King James Version

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.