Mark 9:8-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 9:8

And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any more, save Jesus only with themselves . St. Matthew here says ( Matthew 17:6 ), "When the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sere afraid. And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid." St. Mark omits this; but in his characteristic manner states that which implies what St. Matthew has recorded. It was the "touch" of Jesus that caused them to look round about; and then in a moment they perceived... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 9:8

"Jesus only." The transition from the glory and the spiritual vision to the sober light of common day—from the Christ uplifted in the radiance of heaven, and waited upon by the greatest spirits of ancient Hebrew religion, to the humiliated form of the man Jesus—was a perilous one for ordinary mortals to pass through. But it was necessary. It is for faith to penetrate the spiritual significance of ordinary forms and appearances, and grasp the Divine. It is to faith, and faith alone, that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 9:9

He charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, save when the Son of man should have risen again from the dead. They were not even to tell their fellow-disciples, lest it might cause vexation or envy that they had not been thus favored. The time of our Lord's resurrection would be a fitting opportunity for revealing this mystery; and then the disciples would understand and believe it, when, after his passion and death, which were an offense to them, they should see... 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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 9:2-10

And after six days ... - See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 17:1-9.Mark 9:3No fuller - Rather, no “scourer.” The office of the person here mentioned was to “scour” or “whiten” cloth; not to “full” it, or to render it thicker.Mark 9:6He wist not - He “knew not.” He was desirous of saying something, and he knew not what would be proper. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 9:2-10

Mark 9:2-10. Jesus taketh with him Peter, &c., apart by themselves That is, separate from the multitude, apart from the apostles; and was transfigured before them The word μετεμορφωθη , here used, seems to refer to the form of God, and the form of a servant, mentioned by St. Paul, Philippians 2:6-7, and may intimate that the divine rays, which the indwelling Deity let out on this occasion, made the glorious change from one of these forms into the other. White as snow, as no... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 9:2-13

75. The transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-13; Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36)Jesus’ transfiguration took place on a high mountain, possibly Mount Hermon, which was not far from Caesarea Philippi. The event was a revelation of Christ’s glory and was witnessed by only three chosen apostles. In coming into the world as a human being, Jesus had laid his divine glory aside, but now it reappeared briefly through a human body. It gave an indication of the glory he would receive after he had finished the work... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 9:8

suddenly . Greek. exapina. Occurs only here in N.T. with = in company with. Greek. meta. App-104 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 9:9

came = were coming. from = away from. Greek apo. App-104 . tell = relate to. no man = no one. the Son of man See App-98 . were = should have. from = out from. Greek. ek. App-104 . the dead . No Art. See App-139 . read more

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