Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Peter 5:1-14
1 Peter 5:1 . Who am also an elder. See the note on Acts 20:28, and on Philippians 1:1. Let the bishops, says Jerome, know that they are greater than other presbyters, rather by custom than by virtue and reality of the Lord’s ordinance. Cap. 1. supra Sirum. 1 Peter 5:2-5 . Feed the flock of God, by all assiduity in preaching, and in pastoral care. Green pastures must be prepared for the flock, that the whole church may grow in knowledge and in grace. But in doing this be as gentle... read more
Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 5:1-14
Chapter 5Now the elders [the overseers] which are among you I exhort, because I am also an elder [or an overseer, an older man], and I am a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and I'm also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed ( 1 Peter 5:1 ):Peter witnessed the death of Jesus Christ. I was a witness, he said. And also he was a partaker of the glory. On the mount of transfiguration, he saw Jesus transfigured, Moses and Elijah talking with Him of the things of the kingdom. And Peter... read more