Study it in the app“For it was not by following cleverly devised myths that we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.”
Forγὰρit was notΟὐby followingἐξακολουθήσαντεςcleverly devisedσεσοφισμένοιςmythsμύθοιςthat we made knownἐγνωρίσαμενto youὑμῖνthe powerτὴν δύναμινandκαὶcomingπαρουσίανof ourτοῦ ἡμῶνLordκυρίουJesusἸησοῦthe Messiah,Χριστοῦbutἀλλ’we wereγενηθέντεςeyewitnessesἐπόπταιof hisτῆς ἐκείνουmajesty.μεγαλειότητος
follow
Follow, go after someone or something.
Where else “exakolouthēsantes” appearsdevise
To craft false stories with cunning.
Where else “sesophismenois” appearsmyth
Myth: a made-up story.
Where else “mythois” appearsmake known
To let others learn something.
Where else “egnōrisamen” appearspower
The strength to act, above all that of God and his Spirit.
Where else “dynamin” appearscoming
The arrival of Jesus in glory at the end.
Where else “parousian” appearsLord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriou” appearsJesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appearsMessiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “genēthentes” appearseyewitness
Eyewitness: someone who saw with his own eyes.
Where else “epoptai” appearsmajesty
Majesty, greatness.
Where else “megaleiotētos” appears15And I will be eager also that at any time you may be able after my departure to call these things to mind.
16 · This verse (above)
17For he received from God the Father honor and glory when a voice was borne to him such as this by the Majestic Glory: This is my Son, my beloved, in whom I am well pleased.
