1 Peter 2:22
“Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth.”
King James Version
Peter cites Isaiah 53:9: 'Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth' — the Servant's innocence, affirmed by the eyewitness who lived three years at close quarters with Jesus.
Fulfillment References
Isaiah 53:9 Luke 23:41 John 8:46 2 Corinthians 5:21
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalHe is the only human whose existential self was forever perfectly one with His essential self — sinless man, and therefore able to atone: the spotless Lamb bears sin without being its debtor (2 Cor. 5:21).
JewishThe servant's innocence in Isaiah 53:9 describes Israel suffering unjustly among the nations.
CatholicThe sinlessness of Christ is de fide; Peter's testimony echoes the centurion and the thief (Lk. 23:41, 47).
ProtestantUniquely strong evidence: the claim of sinlessness is made by intimates (Peter, John) — those best positioned to contradict it.
DispensationalThe unblemished Lamb typology (Ex. 12:5) converges with Isaiah 53:9 at the cross.
Academic1 Peter's dependence on Isaiah 53 LXX is verbatim here (hamartian ouk epoiesen); the verse belongs to the letter's servant-hymn (2:21-25).
Scholarship & Sources
Treated within the servant-hymn analyses of Michaels (1 Peter, WBC) and Davids (NICNT); the LXX-verbatim citation is noted in Beale & Carson (eds.), Commentary on the NT Use of the OT.
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