The Lord's transfiguration in glory was a fact, and Peter was in it. The Lord's coming back in glory will also be a fact as real as His transfiguration, and Peter will also be in it.

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在十六节彼得接着说，“我们曾将我们主耶稣基督的大能，和祂的来临告诉你们，并不是随从乖巧捏造的虚构无稽之事，乃是作祂威荣的亲眼见证人。”虚构无稽之事，是希腊哲学里乖巧捏造的迷信传说，这与背道有关。使徒传讲并教导主耶稣基督的大能和祂的来临（原文意同在）。对不信者而言，关于主来临的传讲，听起来很像虚构无稽之事或迷信的传说。但彼得在这里说，使徒曾将主耶稣基督的大能和祂的来临告诉人，并不是随从乖巧捏造的虚构无稽之事。

关于“亲眼见证人”这辞，达秘解释说，“得进入眼前荣耀的景象。这辞用以指完全引进奥秘里。”彼得晓得在主变化形像时，他和雅各、约翰乃是得许可极其完全的进入其中，观看祂的威荣。他认为主的变化形像乃是祂再来的豫像，就如主在路加九章二十六至三十六节所认为的。主在荣耀里变化形像是个事实，彼得曾在其中。主在荣耀里再来也要成为事实，和祂变化形像一样真实，彼得也要在其中。使徒不是向信徒陈述乖巧捏造的虚构无稽之事。

In verse 16 Peter goes on to say, "For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we became eyewitnesses of that One's majesty." Myths were superstitious stories cleverly devised in Greek philosophy, which was related to the apostasy. The apostles preached and taught concerning the power and coming (Gk. parousia, presence) of the Lord Jesus Christ. To unbelievers, the preaching concerning the Lord's coming sounded very much like a myth or superstitious tale. But here Peter says that the apostles did not follow cleverly devised myths when they made known the power and coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Concerning the word "eyewitnesses" Darby comments, "`Admitted into immediate vision of the glory,' a word used for full initiation into the mysteries." Peter realizes that he, James, and John were admitted to the highest degree of initiation at the Lord's transfiguration, admitted to be the initiated spectators of His majesty. Peter considers the Lord's transfiguration as a figure of His second coming, even as the Lord did in Luke 9:26-36. The Lord's transfiguration in glory was a fact, and Peter was in it. The Lord's coming back in glory will also be a fact as real as His transfiguration, and Peter will also be in it. This is not a cleverly devised myth passed on to the believers by the apostles.