Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Made with hands (xeiropoihta). See verse Hebrews 9:11 for this word.
Like in pattern to the true (antitupa twn alhqinwn). Late compound word, only twice in N.T. (here, 1 Peter 3:21). Polybius uses antitupov for infantry "opposite" to the cavalry. In modern Greek it means a copy of a book. Here it is the "counterpart of reality" (Moffatt). Moses was shown a tupov (model) of the heavenly realities and he made an antitupon on that model, "answering to the type" (Dods) or model. In 1 Peter 3:21 antitupov has the converse sense, "the reality of baptism which corresponds to or is the antitype of the deluge" (Dods).
Now to appear (nun emfanisqhnai). Purpose clause by the first aorist passive infinitive of emfanizw (Matthew 27:53; John 14:21 f.). For the phrase see Psalms 42:3. For this work of Christ as our High Priest and Paraclete in heaven see Hebrews 7:25; Romans 8:34; 1 John 2:1 f.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Acts 7:48
1 Corinthians 10:6
Hebrews 4:14
Hebrews 9:11
Hebrews 9:12
Hebrews 12:24
1 Peter 3:21
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