Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Peter 1:11

11 Searching what , or what manner of time the spirit of Christ which was in them did signifie, when it testified before-hand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

Whether near or further off, or what particular part of time. This may relate particularly to Daniel's Weeks, ch. 9.

Whether peaceable or troublesom, when the People were free, or when in Bondage; what were the Qualities of the time, or Signs by which it might be known. Iacob fore-tells Christ's coming, when the Scepter was departed from Iudah, Gen. 49.10. Isaiah, in a time of Universal Peace, ch. 2.4. and 11.6. This diligent enquiring after the time of Christ's coming, shewed their earnest longing for it.

So stiled, as being of the Son, no less than of the Father, both by eternal Procession, and temporal Mission, Iohn 14.16, 26. & 15.26. This shews, that not only Christ had a Being under the Old Testament before his coming in the Flesh, (for if Christ were not, there could be no Spirit of Christ) and likewise that Christ is God, because of his inspiring the Prophets with the Knowledge of future things, which none but God can do.

What the Prophets did foretel concerning Christ, was not their own Conjecture, but what the Spirit did dictate to them.

Gr. Glories, in the Plural Number, i. e. the manifold Glory which was to follow upon his many Sufferings, the Glory of his Resurrection, Ascension, sitting at the Right-Hand of God, sending the Spirit, &c. Christ's Sufferings and Glory are often joined together, Psalm 22.6. and 110. Isa. 53.3, 10, 11, 12. Luke 24.26. Phil. 2.8, 9. Heb. 2.9, 10. to shew that there is the same way (and no other) for the Salvation of the Members, as for the Glory of the Head, viz. by Sufferings.

Marginal references: 2 Pet. 1.21.