1 Corinthians 2:8 Parallel Translations
NASB: the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory; (NASB ©1995)
GWT: Not one of the rulers of this world has known it. If they had, they wouldn't have crucified the Lord of glory.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
ASV: which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:
BBE: Of which not one of the rulers of this world had knowledge: for if they had, they would not have put the Lord of glory on the cross:
DBY: which none of the princes of this age knew, (for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;)
ERV: which none of the rulers of this world knoweth: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:
WEY: a wisdom which not one of the leaders of the present age possesses, for if they had possessed it, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory.
WBS: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
WEB: which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn't have crucified the Lord of glory.
YLT: which no one of the rulers of this age did know, for if they had known, the Lord of the glory they would not have crucified;
1 Corinthians 2:8 Cross References
XREF:Matthew 13:22 "And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Acts 7:2 And he said, "Hear me, brethren and fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

1 Corinthians 1:20 Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

1 Corinthians 1:26 For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

1 Corinthians 2:6 Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away;

James 2:1 My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 2:8 {7} Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known [it], they would not have crucified the {h} Lord of glory.
(7) He takes away another objection: why then, how comes it to pass that this wisdom was so rejected by men of the highest authority, that they crucified Christ himself? Paul answers: because they did not know Christ such as he was.
(h) That mighty God, full of true majesty and glory: now this place has in it a most evident proof of the divinity of Christ, and of the joining of the two natures in one in him, which has this in it, that which is proper to the manhood alone is confirmed of the Godhead joined with the manhood. This type of speech is called, by the old fathers, a making common of things belonging to someone with another to whom they do not belong.
PNT: 2:8 Which none of the princes of this world knew. Utterly ignorant of the divine wisdom to be revealed in Christ, they, the high priests, with Pilate and Herod, crucified the Son.
WES: 2:8 Had they known it - That wisdom. They would not have crucified - Punished as a slave. The Lord of glory - The giving Christ this august title, peculiar to the great Jehovah, plainly shows him to be the supreme God. In like manner the Father is styled, the Father of glory, Eph 1:17; and the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of glory, 1Pet 4:14. The application of this title to all the three, shows that the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are the God of glory; as the only true God is called, Psa 29:3, and Acts 7:2.
MHC: 2:6-9 Those who receive the doctrine of Christ as Divine, and, having been enlightened by the Holy Spirit, have looked well into it, see not only the plain history of Christ, and him crucified, but the deep and admirable designs of Divine wisdom therein. It is the mystery made manifest to the saints, Col 1:26, though formerly hid from the heathen world; it was only shown in dark types and distant prophecies, but now is revealed and made known by the Spirit of God. Jesus Christ is the Lord of glory; a title much too great for any creature. There are many things which people would not do, if they knew the wisdom of God in the great work of redemption. There are things God hath prepared for those that love him, and wait for him, which sense cannot discover, no teaching can convey to our ears, nor can it yet enter our hearts. We must take them as they stand in the Scriptures, as God hath been pleased to reveal them to us.
CONC:Age Cross Crucified Glory Leaders None Possessed Possesses Present Princes Rulers Understood Wisdom Wouldn't
PREV:Age Cross Crucified Glory Leaders Possessed Possesses Present Princes Rulers Understood Wisdom World Wouldn't
NEXT:Age Cross Crucified Glory Leaders Possessed Possesses Present Princes Rulers Understood Wisdom World Wouldn't
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