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Matthew Henry

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

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 9:9-13

9:9-13 As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus enjoined them that they must not relate to anyone what they had seen, except when the Son of Man should have risen from the dead. They clung to this word, asking among themselves, what this phrase about rising from the dead could mean. They asked Jesus, "Do the experts in the Law not say that Elijah must come first?" "It is true," he said to them, "Elijah comes first and sets all things in order. And yet how does it stand written about... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 9:10

And they kept that saying with themselves ,.... "They retained it in their own mind", as the Persic version renders it; "they kept it close", as Luke says, Luke 9:36 , among themselves, and acquainted no man with it: and which refers either to the whole of Christ's charge, relating to the vision on the mount; or else only to what he said about his resurrection from the dead; and which they took notice of particularly, and laid hold upon, as the word will bear to be rendered; and so the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 9:10

And they kept that saying - This verse is wanting in two MSS. and one of the Itala. What the rising from the dead should mean - Ὁταν εκ νεκρων αναϚῃ , When he should arise from the dead, is the reading of D, six others, Syriac, all the Persic, Vulgate, all the Itala, and Jerome. Griesbach approves of it. There is nothing that answers to this verse either in Matthew or Luke. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 9:1-13

Parallel passages: Matthew 18:1-13 ; Luke 9:28-36 A glimpse of glory. I. THE TRANSFIGURATION . 1 . Allusions to the Transfiguration. The scene described in the above parallel passages is as singular as solemn. There are, however, two allusions to it in other books of the New Testament One is in St John's Gospel ( John 1:14 ), And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory , the glory as of the only begotten of the Father ,) full of grace... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 9:2-13

Transfiguration Observe the crisis of our Lord's ministry at which this marvelous and memorable incident took place. The period of novelty, of popularity, of prosperity, was past and gone; the period of hostility, of persecution, of endurance, was commencing. Already Jesus had forewarned his disciples of the speedy approach of his death at the hands of his enemies. And it seems as though this unique and impressive display of his proper majesty, and of the affection and confidence of his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 9:2-18

Glimpses of the glory of Jesus. I. SPECIAL FAVOURS FOR SPECIAL SERVICES . The three disciples had given up all to follow Christ, had submitted them. selves entirely to the Divine will. Only to such consecration is the deeper vision of truth granted, and ascent to the loftiest heights of spiritual enjoyment. II. DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF CHRIST 'S APPEARANCE . 1 . He wore one appearance for the multitude, another for the circle of disciples. In the multitude he was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 9:9-13

The saying that was kept. The disciples did not understand their Master—a common experience. Why was this saying so difficult? It seems plain enough to us. But then we look at it after its accomplishment; they before that. And their rabbinic training taught them to look for something very different from what Christ seemed to be referring to. He spoke as if he alone was to rise again. They had been taught to think of the resurrection as universal, and altogether; not an experience of one... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 9:9-13

Dark sayings. I. RESERVE AND DELAY IN THE UTTERANCES OF TRUTH . There is an economy and an order in the kingdom of God. It is constantly observed by Christ. Certain truths there are always and everywhere to be made known; others must wait their time. As we are not to pry into the secrets of God, so neither are we hastily to blab them. Peculiar personal revelations should be treated with delicacy, not made an affair of the news-room or the market-place. The hour will come... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 9:10-11

Questioning among themselves what the rising again from the dead should mean ; that is, his own rising from the dead, of which our Lord had just been speaking. No doubt the general resurrection at the end of the world was an article of faith with which the disciples were familiar. But they could not understand, when he spake of his own immediate rising from the dead. So their perplexities led them at last to ask him the question; or rather to make the remark to him, The scribes say that... read more

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