James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 9:5
AN IMPETUOUS ANSWER‘And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here.’ Mark 9:5 Certainly, as far as we can judge, this is an instance in which silence would have been much better than words. It was childish to speak. For what he said was both ill-timed and ill-advised. There are many occasions in which silence is the truest wisdom and the best eloquence. This, for instance, was a case in point—‘for he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid’; and when you... read more
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Mark 9:1-50
Here we see four men who have passed without death into the atmosphere and society of the heavens. One only of the four is there by His own right. Pure and spotless humanity stands in the glory of the unsullied light, and holds familiar converse with the spirits of just men. We pass from the mountain to the valley. There we see Jesus, the baffled disciples, the father, the departing demon tearing his victim. The majesty and power of the Lord are manifested. Again He led these men through... read more