1 Peter 1:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven– things angels long to catch a glimpse of.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἷς ἀπεκαλύφθη, ὅτι οὐχ ἑαυτοῖς, ἡμῖν δὲ διηκόνουν αὐτά, ἃ νῦν ἀνηγγέλη ὑμῖν διὰ τῶν εὐαγγελισαμένων ὑμᾶς ἐν Πνεύματι Ἁγίῳ ἀποσταλέντι ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ· εἰς ἃ ἐπιθυμοῦσιν ἄγγελοι παρακύψαι.

Transliteration

To whom it was apekalyphthē, that not to themselves, but to us they were diēkonoun these things, which now were anēngelē to you through the ones having euangelisamenōn you in Pneumati Hagiō having been apostalenti from ouranou; into which epithymousin angeloi to parakypsai.

Grammar Details

• *apekalyphthē*: aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd person, singular - completed action
• *diēkonoun*: imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person, plural - ongoing past action
• *anēngelē*: aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd person, singular - completed action
• *euangelisamenōn*: aorist, middle, participle, genitive, masculine, plural - agency
• *Pneumati Hagiō*: dative, neuter, singular - means/instrument
• *apostalenti*: aorist, passive, participle, dative, neuter, singular - attributive
• *ouranou*: genitive, masculine, singular - source/origin
• *epithymousin*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person, plural - ongoing action
• *angeloi*: nominative, masculine, plural - subject
• *parakypsai*: aorist, active, infinitive - goal/purpose

Word Meanings

• *apekalyphthē*: was revealed/disclosed/made known
• *diēkonoun*: were serving/ministering/providing for
• *anēngelē*: was announced/reported/proclaimed
• *euangelisamenōn*: having evangelized/preached good news to
• *Pneumati Hagiō*: Holy Spirit
• *apostalenti*: having been sent/dispatched
• *ouranou*: heaven/sky
• *epithymousin*: desire/long for/wish
• *angeloi*: angels/messengers
• *parakypsai*: to look into/examine closely/peer into

Referenced Verses

• John 15:26 : 26 When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father– the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father– he will testify about me,
• Eph 3:10 : 10 The purpose of this enlightenment is that through the church the multifaceted wisdom of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms.
• Dan 8:13 : 13 Then I heard a holy one speaking. Another holy one said to the one who was speaking,“To what period of time does the vision pertain– this vision concerning the daily sacrifice and the destructive act of rebellion and the giving over of both the sanctuary and army to be trampled?”
• Heb 11:39-40 : 39 And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised. 40 For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us.
• Rev 5:11 : 11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their number was ten thousand times ten thousand– thousands times thousands–
• Dan 12:5-6 : 5 I, Daniel, watched as two others stood there, one on each side of the river. 6 One said to the man clothed in linen who was above the waters of the river,“When will the end of these wondrous events occur?”
• Dan 12:9 : 9 He said,“Go, Daniel. For these matters are closed and sealed until the time of the end.
• Dan 12:13 : 13 But you should go your way until the end. You will rest and then at the end of the days you will arise to receive what you have been allotted.”
• Joel 2:28 : 28 An Outpouring of the Spirit(3:1) After all of this I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your elderly will have prophetic dreams; your young men will see visions.
• Amos 3:7 : 7 Certainly the Sovereign LORD does nothing without first revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.
• Zech 12:10 : 10 “I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.
• Matt 11:25 : 25 Jesus’ Invitation At that time Jesus said,“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to little children.
• Matt 11:27 : 27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.
• Matt 16:17 : 17 And Jesus answered him,“You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven!
• Mark 16:15 : 15 He said to them,“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
• Luke 2:26 : 26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
• Luke 9:6 : 6 Then they departed and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.
• Luke 15:10 : 10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
• Exod 25:20 : 20 The cherubim are to be spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings, and the cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the atonement lid.
• Prov 1:23 : 23 You should respond to my rebuke. Then I would pour out my thoughts to you; I would make my words known to you.
• Isa 11:2-6 : 2 The LORD’s Spirit will rest on him– a Spirit that gives extraordinary wisdom, a Spirit that provides the ability to execute plans, a Spirit that produces absolute loyalty to the LORD. 3 He will take delight in obeying the LORD. He will not judge by mere appearances, or make decisions on the basis of hearsay. 4 He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed. 5 Justice will be like a belt around his waist, integrity will be like a belt around his hips. 6 A wolf will reside with a lamb, and a leopard will lie down with a young goat; an ox and a young lion will graze together, as a small child leads them along.
• Isa 32:15 : 15 This desolation will continue until new life is poured out on us from heaven. Then the wilderness will become an orchard and the orchard will be considered a forest.
• Isa 44:3-5 : 3 For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my Spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children. 4 They will sprout up like a tree in the grass, like poplars beside channels of water. 5 One will say,‘I belong to the LORD,’ and another will use the name‘Jacob.’ One will write on his hand,‘The LORD’s,’ and use the name‘Israel.’”
• Isa 53:1 : 1 Who would have believed what we just heard? When was the LORD’s power revealed through him?
• Dan 2:19 : 19 Then in a night vision the mystery was revealed to Daniel. So Daniel praised the God of heaven,
• Dan 2:22 : 22 he reveals deep and hidden things. He knows what is in the darkness, and light resides with him.
• Dan 2:28-29 : 28 However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the times to come. The dream and the visions you had while lying on your bed are as follows. 29 “As for you, O king, while you were in your bed your thoughts turned to future things. The revealer of mysteries has made known to you what will take place.
• Dan 2:47 : 47 The king replied to Daniel,“Certainly your God is a God of gods and Lord of kings and revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery!”
• John 16:7-9 : 7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment– 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; 10 concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer; 11 and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned. 12 “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come. 14 He will glorify me, because he will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you. 15 Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.
• Acts 2:2-4 : 2 Suddenly a sound like a violent wind blowing came from heaven and filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And tongues spreading out like a fire appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.
• Acts 2:17-18 : 17 ‘And in the last days it will be,’ God says,‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. 18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
• Acts 2:33 : 33 So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.
• Acts 4:8 : 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied,“Rulers of the people and elders,
• Acts 4:31 : 31 When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God courageously.
• Acts 8:25 : 25 So after Peter and John had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many Samaritan villages as they went.
• Acts 10:44 : 44 The Gentiles Receive the Holy Spirit While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the message.
• Acts 16:10 : 10 After Paul saw the vision, we attempted immediately to go over to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.
• Rom 1:15 : 15 Thus I am eager also to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome.
• Rom 1:17 : 17 For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written,“The righteous by faith will live.”
• Rom 10:15 : 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written,“How timely is the arrival of those who proclaim the good news.”
• Rom 15:19 : 19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
• 1 Cor 2:10 : 10 God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
• 2 Cor 1:22 : 22 who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.
• 2 Cor 6:6 : 6 by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by benevolence, by the Holy Spirit, by genuine love,
• Gal 1:12 : 12 For I did not receive it or learn it from any human source; instead I received it by a revelation of Jesus Christ.
• Gal 1:16 : 16 to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from any human being,
• 1 Pet 1:25 : 25 but the word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
• Dan 9:24 : 24 “Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place.
• Dan 10:1 : 1 An Angel Appears to Daniel In the third year of King Cyrus of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel(who was also called Belteshazzar). This message was true and concerned a great war. He understood the message and gained insight by the vision.
• 1 Thess 1:5-6 : 5 in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction(surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you). 6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.
• 1 Thess 2:9 : 9 For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.
• Heb 2:4 : 4 while God confirmed their witness with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
• Heb 4:2 : 2 For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in with those who heard it in faith.
• Heb 11:13 : 13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.