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Berean Standard Bible

“trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.”

1 Peter 1:11

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Peter says that the prophets searched carefully for the meaning of the salvation that would come, and he explains how they understood their own messages. This verse names what they were trying to figure out.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

World English Bible (WEB)

searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ, which was in them, pointed to, when he predicted the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow them.

King James Version (KJV)

Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

American Standard Version (ASV)

searching what [time] or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Attempting to see what sort of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them was pointing to, when it gave witness to the pains which Christ would undergo and the glories which would come after them.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

searching in regard to what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ that was in them was manifesting, testifying beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glory after these,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Escudriñando cuándo y en qué punto de tiempo significaba el Espíritu de Cristo que estaba en ellos, el cual prenunciaba las aflicciones que habían de venir á Cristo, y las glorias después de ellas.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Querían descubrir a qué tiempo y a qué circunstancias se refería el Espíritu de Cristo que estaba en ellos, cuando de antemano les hizo saber lo que Cristo sufriría y la gloria que vendría después de esos sufrimientos.

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