Monday, December 13, 2010

The use of 'Christ' in Peter's first letter


Peter refers several times in his first letter to ‘Christ’. Almost universally those references are focussed upon the sufferings of the Messiah, the exception being 5:14.

Is Peter simply specifying that Jesus suffered (which of course is true) or is his language intentionally incorporative? That is to say, is he using 'Christ' as shorthand for ‘the Messiah and his people’?

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