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Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Matthew 17:9-21

Lack of Faith Rebuked Matthew 17:9-21 As Raphael suggests in his great painting, there is a close connection between the mountain and the valley. The glory of the one did not make our Lord indifferent to the bitter need of the other. It seems as though He desired to impress on us the great truth, that we must have the seclusion and exaltation of communion with God before we can successfully deal with the anguish and terror that devastate human lives. See Matthew 17:21 . In Matthew 17:17 our... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Matthew 17:1-27

"After six days." Days of silence. No record have we of what transpired in those days. The strange declarations of the Cross had crushed the hearts of these men. Now to three of their number, as special training for special work, was granted this wondrous vision of glory. The true force and meaning of all this they did not comprehend until the Spirit came. That then the value of the experience was appreciated is evident from Peter's reference to the vision ( 2Pe 1:16-19 ). Again a contrast!... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:1-27

Jesus Is Confirmed As The Son of God, Begins To Establish His New Congregation, Reaches Out To Gentiles, Is Acknowledged As Messiah By His Disciples, and Reveals His Inherent Glory (13:53-17:27). The advance of the Kingly Rule of Heaven leading up to the final consummation having been made clear by His parables Jesus is now confirmed as the Son of God (Matthew 14:33; Matthew 16:16; Matthew 18:26) and begins to establish a new open community (Matthew 14:13-21; Matthew 15:32-39; Matthew 16:18;... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:9-13

Jesus And The Disciples Descend From The Mountain. The Truth About John the Baptist (17:9-13). As they were coming down from the mountain Jesus commanded silence about what they had seen until He had risen from the dead. (They would be unaware of how soon that would be). It was not only the idea of His Messiahship that He did not want spreading (by those who did not fully understand it), it was the whole idea of Who He really was, to those who were not ready to receive it. However they were... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:11-12

‘And he answered and said, “Elijah is indeed coming, and will restore all things, but I say to you, that Elijah is come already, and they knew him not, but did to him whatever they would. Even so will the Son of man also suffer of them.” ’ In His reply Jesus first confirms that the promise that Elijah would come and ‘restore all things’ was true. ‘Restore all things’ is probably quoting the Scribal viewpoint, without necessarily accepting their interpretation of it (it is not found in... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:1-13

Matthew 17:1-1 Chronicles : . The Transfiguration, and the Coming of Elijah ( Mark 9:2-1 Chronicles : *, Luke 9:28-Zephaniah :).— The narrative agrees closely with Mk., the chief difference being the appropriate addition of Matthew 17:7. The fear of the disciples occurs earlier in Mk., and is made the occasion of Peter’ s intrusion; in Lk. it is omitted. Matthew 17:10-1 Chronicles : . The disciples are puzzled because Elijah has only just appeared— after the coming of the Messiah, whereas... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 17:11-13

Mark saith, Mark 9:12, He answered and told them, Elias verily comes first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him. Our Saviour agreeth to the promise, but showeth their mistake as to the true sense of it. They understood the promise of Elijah the Tishbite: the promise referred only to one of... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 17:1-13

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 17:1. After six days.—Within a week of Peter’s confession. St. Luke has “about an eight days after,” according to the common Jewish reckoning, by which each part of a day is counted as a day (Carr). An high mountain.—Since the fourth century tradition has fixed on Mount Tabor, in Galilee, as the locality of this event. This opinion is, however, evidently untenable. Not only was Mount Tabor inhabited to its summit at the time (see Robinson), but it seems exceedingly... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 17:10-13

DISCOURSE: 1378ELIJAH’S ADVENT IN JOHN BAPTISTMatthew 17:10-13. And his Disciples asked him. saying. Why then say the Scribes that Elias must first come? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him Whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. Then the Disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.IT is... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:1-27

Let's turn now in our Bibles to Matthew chapter seventeen. The seventeenth chapter of Matthew actually begins with the twenty-eighth verse of the sixteenth chapter. It's unfortunate that the men who divided the Bible into chapters and verses made the chapter distinction where they did. They should have taken and included the twenty-eighth verse of chapter sixteen into chapter seventeen, and it would have eliminated a lot of questions. Because Jesus is talking to His disciples there at Cesarea... read more

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