timfost
Puritan Board Senior
I'm getting ready to teach on 1 Peter 2:1-10 soon. I'd appreciate your thoughts on my two questions below.
1. Is there any parallel worth mentioning between Peter's usage of the stone/rock in this passage and Matt. 16:18? Certainly stone (λίθος) is different than rock (πέτρα), yet they seem to both be used synonymously in 2:8. Or would it be better to see the allusion in Matthew 16 specifically to Peter's confession and the stone/rock of 1 Peter 2 as Christ, which may not suggest a parallel?
2. Is the rejection spoken of in 2:4 and 8 specifically referencing the Jewish nation's unbelief or unbelief in general?
Thanks!
1. Is there any parallel worth mentioning between Peter's usage of the stone/rock in this passage and Matt. 16:18? Certainly stone (λίθος) is different than rock (πέτρα), yet they seem to both be used synonymously in 2:8. Or would it be better to see the allusion in Matthew 16 specifically to Peter's confession and the stone/rock of 1 Peter 2 as Christ, which may not suggest a parallel?
2. Is the rejection spoken of in 2:4 and 8 specifically referencing the Jewish nation's unbelief or unbelief in general?
Thanks!
