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Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Mark 9:2-29

Rapture and Service Mark 9:2-29 The Apostles had been gladdened by the promise of the coming Kingdom. The transfiguring light that shone from our Lord’s face differed from the shining of Moses’ face. With Moses the light was from without, and faded; but with Christ the light shone from within. Surely at that moment He might have stepped back into heaven by the open door, through which the representatives of the Law and the prophets had come; but He turned His back on the joy of the Father’s... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

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

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 9:2

TRANSFIGURED!‘He was transfigured before them.’ Mark 9:2 We will gaze for a brief while upon the luminous and glorious aspect of Christ’s body in the moment of His Transfiguration. I. The unveiling of Christ’s Divinity.—We will see first of all the revelation, the unveiling of His Divinity. The flesh of our Blessed Lord was as a veil drawn over His Divine nature. It half concealed and half revealed what lay beneath, but it is difficult to read the Gospels and not to become aware that ever and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:1

‘And he said to them, “Truly I say to you, there are some here of those who stand by who will in no way taste of death until they see the Kingly Rule of God has come with power.” ’ The introductory ‘and He said to them’ separates this saying off from the earlier ones, and the presence of Scribes (Mark 9:14; Mark 9:30) suggests that they were now back in Galilee. The words were probably spoken only to His disciples. They have caused a great deal of discussion, especially in view of the parallel... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:1-10

Jesus is Transfigured Before Peter, James and John and Reveals His Glory (9:1-8). Having revealed to His disciples His coming glory, based on His coming suffering, Jesus will now completely open half-opened blind eyes so that they may see fully. It is one thing to be told of the glory that is coming, it is another to see it with one’s own eyes. In a sense what happens now is a preview of Jesus’ second coming. There also seems little doubt that Jesus intended the scene now described to be... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:1-32

SECTION 3. Jesus’ Ministry Throughout Galilee and In The Surrounding Regions (4:35-9:32). After the initial opening up of the story of Jesus with its continual emphasis on His unique authority, Who He was and what He had come to do (Mark 4:1-3), and the series of parables which have indicated how the Kingly Rule of God was to expand (Mark 4:1-34), Mark now indicates how this expansion continued to occur through the ministry of Jesus in Galilee and the surrounding regions. At the same time he... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:1-33

The Eyes of The Disciples Are Opened (8:22-9:33a). Following on Jesus’ concern at the lack of understanding of the disciples we now learn how their eyes are gradually opened to see at least something of the truth. The subsection commences with the healing of a blind man in two stages, a picture of what is happening to the disciples, and moves on to the disciples’ recognition that Jesus is the Messiah. The consequence of this is that Jesus then begins to emphasise that His way is to be a way of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:2

‘And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James and John, and brings them apart into a high mountain by themselves.’ ‘After six days.’ Matthew follows Mark in this, and Luke has ‘about eight days after’ (his source probably included the day when Jesus spoke Mark 9:1 and the day of the Transfiguration itself, not just the six days in between). Thus all connect the Transfiguration with the previous verse (Mark 9:1 and parallels) by a time note. Such a time reference is rare in the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:2-3

‘And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became glistering, extremely white, in such a way that no launderer on earth can whiten them.’ A remarkable transformation of Jesus is described in terms which show that it was really indescribable. It was a vision of the glory of heaven and of absolute purity. They ‘beheld His glory’ (John 1:14) and were ‘eyewitnesses of His majesty’ (2 Peter 1:16). We are probably intended to see in this a preview of ‘the glory of His Father’ which would... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:1

Mark 9:1 is added here though not necessarily spoken on this occasion. Menzies and others question its genuineness in its present form. If it conflicts with Mark 13:30, some simpler saying must have been modified by those who lived to see nearly the whole generation pass away. read more

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