Luke 9:28-35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 9:28

About an eight days after - See the whole of this important transaction explained at large on Matthew 17:1-13 ; (note). read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 9:31

His decease - Την εξοδον αυτον , That going out (or death) of his. That peculiar kind of death - its nature, circumstances, and necessity being considered. Instead of εξοδον , thirteen MSS. have δοξαν , glory. They spoke of that glory of his, which he was about to fill up ( πληρουν ) at Jerusalem. The Ethiopic unites both readings. The death of Jesus was his glory, because, by it, he gained the victory over sin, death, and hell, and purchased salvation and eternal glory for a lost... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 9:33

It is good for us to be here - Some MSS. add παντοτε , It is good for us to be Always here. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 9:35

This is my beloved Son - Instead of ὁ αγαπητος , the beloved one, some MSS. and versions have εκλεκτος , the chosen one: and the Ethiopic translator, as in several other cases, to be sure of the true reading, retains both. In whom I am well pleased, or have delighted - is added by some very ancient MSS. Perhaps this addition is taken from Matthew 17:5 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 9:18-36

The Saviour's secret revelations. After the miracle of the loaves Jesus resumes his season of devotion, and in the course of it he asks the disciples who had just returned from their mission-tour what reports are being circulated about him. They tell him that some say he is John Baptist, some Elias, some one of the prophets risen again. This shows that they regarded his present life as preliminary only. The idea of his being the real Messiah, "the Christ of God," was not entertained by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 9:28

And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray . Some eight days after this question asked in the neighbourhood of Caesarea Philippi, and its reply, and the sermon to the people on the subject of "No cross, no crown," which immediately followed, our Lord summoned the three leading disciples and took them up into a mountain to pray. They had spent the last few days apparently in quiet converse together. SS ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 9:28

The Transfiguration. This incident is one that stands quite by itself; it is wholly unlike everything else in our Lord's history. It was miraculous enough, yet we do not count it amongst the miracles of Christ. It may be viewed in many lights; it may illustrate— I. THE CLOSE RELATION BETWEEN OUR SPIRITUAL AND OUR BODILY NATURE . This manifested glory was not altogether outward; it was more than a radiance thrown around or imposed upon him, which might just as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 9:28-36

The Transfiguration. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 9:28-36

The Transfiguration. "When, in the desert, he was girding himself for the work of life, angels of life came and ministered to him. Now, in the fair world, when he is girding himself for the work of death, the ministrants come to him from the grave, but from the grave conquered—one from that tomb under Abarim which his own hand had sealed long ago, the other from the rest into which he had entered without seeing corruption. 'There stood by him Moses and Elias, and spake of his decease.' And... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 9:29

And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, etc. The marvellous change evidently passed over Jesus while he was in prayer, probably because of his intense prayer. Real, close communion with God ever imparts to the countenance of the one who has thus entered into communion with the High and Holy One, a new and strange beauty. Very many have noticed at times this peculiar and lovely change pass over the faces of God's true saints as they prayed—faces perhaps old and... read more

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