Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 1 Peter 2:22
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1 Peter2:22
22. Illustrating Christ's well-doing (1Pe 2:20) though suffering.
did--Greek aorist. "Never in a single instance did" [Alford]. Quoted from Is 53:9, end, Septuagint.
neither--nor yet: not even [Alford]. Sinlessness as to the mouth is a mark of perfection. Guile is a common fault of servants. "If any boast of his innocency, Christ surely did not suffer as an evildoer" [Calvin], yet He took it patiently (1Pe 2:20). On Christ's sinlessness, compare 2Co 5:21; He 7:26.
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