E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 9:8
suddenly . Greek. exapina. Occurs only here in N.T. with = in company with. Greek. meta. App-104 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 9:2
And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.THE TRANSFIGURATIONAnd after six days ... Luke placed this event as "eight days" afterward; but, as Barclay said, "There is no discrepancy here. They both mean what we would express by saying, `About a week afterward.'"[4]In counting up a week, Sunday to Sunday, one gets eight days if he counts the Sundays and six days if he... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 9:3
And his garments became glistening, exceeding white so as no fuller on earth can whiten them.This event should be understood as a factual, objective, historical event, in which Christ deliberately permitted three of his apostles to glimpse the Lord in this manifestation of his glorious heavenly nature. Speculation as to why this was done is fruitless. Christ himself evidently received strength and encouragement from the approving words of Moses and Elijah; and certainly, the apostles received... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 9:4
And there appeared unto them Elijah and Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.The independence of the gospel narratives is further emphasized by the reversal of the names Elijah and Moses, and by Mark's mention of the conversation without naming the subject matter, and Luke's giving the content of it.Elijah as a representative of the prophets, and Moses as the great lawgiver of Israel both appeared before the Son of God in this event and, in a sense, laid their authority at the Master's feet,... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 9:5
And Peter answereth and saith to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.Of course, Peter was wrong in this suggestion, and yet it is easy to understand his feelings. It was a glorious thing they had just seen, and how natural it was that he should have desired to prolong such a glorious fellowship. As Erdman said:Peter is not to be ridiculed; he realized the blessedness of the experience; however... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 9:6
For he knew not what to answer; for they became sore afraid.This is a classical example of Mark's use of "for" as a connective device for his narrative; and it should be noted that these two examples of it come right in the midst of a similar string of "ands" in the same paragraph. This is warning enough that these characteristic connectives in Mark cannot be made the basis of construing independent maxims as necessarily having any connection in thought or meaning. read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 9:7
And there came a cloud overshadowing them: and there came a voice out of the cloud, This is my beloved Son: hear ye him.What is meant by the overshadowing cloud? Did it envelop all of the group or only Jesus, Moses, and Elijah? From the fact of God's presence in the Old Testament having been indicated by the pillar of a cloud by day (Exodus 13:21), as well as from other associations of clouds with the presence of God (Psalms 79:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:17, etc.), there is a strong inclination to... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 9:8
And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any more, save Jesus only with themselves.See under preceding verses and also further comment on this episode in my Commentary on Matthew, Matthew 17:1ff.Jesus only ... Christ is all and in all. Necessary as Moses and Elijah were in the pre-Christian ages, humanity is no more required to heed the systems which those ancient worthies represent. They remain pertinent to Christian thought only in the sense of pointing the way to Christ. That... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 9:5
Mark 9:5. It is good for us to be here:— To stay here. Heylin. Who observes, "I understand it of staying, from the proposal which Peter makes of setting up tents for their continuance there." read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 9:7
them : i.e. Moses and Elijah. out of = out from. Greek. ek, App-104 . My beloved Son = My Son, the beloved. hear = hear ye. Compare Deuteronomy 18:19 . read more