Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 9:1-13
Here is, I. A prediction of Christ's kingdom now near approaching, Mark 9:1. That which is foretold, is, 1. That the kingdom of God would come, and would come so as to be seen: the kingdom of the Messiah shall be set up in the world by the utter destruction of the Jewish polity, which stood in the way of it; this was the restoring of the kingdom of God among men, which had been in a manner lost by the woeful degeneracy both of Jews and Gentiles. 2. That it would come with power, so as to make... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 9
In this chapter, we have, I. Christ's transfiguration upon the mount, Mark 10:1-13. II. His casting the devil out of a child, when the disciples could not do it, Mark 10:14-29. III. His prediction of his own sufferings and death, Mark 10:30-32. IV. The check he gave to his disciples for disputing who should be greatest (Mark 10:33-37); and to John for rebuking one who cast out devils in Christ's name, and did not follow with them, Mark 10:38-41. V. Christ's discourse with his disciples of the... read more