Matthew 17:10-12 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 17:1-13

We have here thee story o Christ's transfiguration; he ha said that the Son of man should shortly come in his kingdom, with which promise all the three evangelists industriously connect this story; as if Christ's transfiguration were intended for a specimen and an earnest of the kingdom of Christ, and of that light and love of his, which therein appears to his select and sanctified ones. Peter speaks of this as the power and coming of our Lord Jesus (2 Pet. 1:16); because it was an emanation... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 17:9-13

17:9-13,22,23 As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them strict injunctions: "Tell no man about the vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead." The disciples asked him, "Why then do the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?" He answered, "It is true that they say that Elijah is to come and will restore all things; but I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but they did to him what they wished. So also the Son of Man is to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:10

And his disciples asked him, saying ,.... That is, these three, Peter, James, and John, before they came to the rest; whilst they were going down the mountain, or from it, to the place where the others were; for the rest knew nothing of the appearance of Elias, and so cannot be thought to join in a question concerning him. Why then say the Scribes, that Elias must first come ? That is, come before the Messiah comes; for certain it is, that this was the sense of the Scribes, as it was of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:11

And Jesus answered and said unto them ,.... By way of concession, Elias truly shall first come : this is indeed a tenet of the Scribes, and it is also certain, that there is a prophecy in Malachi 4:5 of the coming of Elias; of one that goes under that name, not of Elias the Tishbite, in person, but of one that was to come in his power and spirit, and restore all things. The Syriac and Persic versions render it, "shall perfect, or complete all things", that are prophesied of him;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:12

But I say unto you ,.... A way of speaking used by Christ, when he opposes and contradicts any of the tenets of the Scribes and Pharisees; see Matthew 5:22 "that Elias is come already"; the person that was signified by, and prophesied of, under the name of Elias: for Christ refers not to the late appearance of Elias on the mount, but to the coming of a certain person some time ago; who came in the power and spirit of Elias, and was the forerunner and harbinger of him, the Messiah; as was... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:10

His disciples - instead of His disciples, some MSS., with the Coptic, Armenian, Vulgate, all the Itala except two, and Origen, read simply, οι μαθηται , The disciples, i.e. those only who had been with him on the mount, Peter, James, and John. Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? - As the disciples saw that Elijah returned to heaven, knowing the tradition of the elders, and the prophecy on which the tradition was founded, Malachi 4:5 , Malachi 4:6 , Behold I send... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:11

Elias - shall first come, and restore all things - Or will reform, αποκαταστησει ; this word our Lord quotes from the Septuagint; who render the Hebrew בנים על אבות לב והשוב vehesheb leb aboth al banim , he will cause the heart of the fathers to turn to the children, by, ος αποκαταστησει καρδιαν πατρος προς υιον , who will convert, or restore, the heart of the father to the son. We are not therefore to understand the version of the Septuagint quoted by our Lord in any other sense... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:12

Knew him not - Or, ουκ επιγνωσαν αυτον , They have not acknowledged him. That is, the Jewish rulers have not acknowledged him, did not receive him as the forerunner of the Messiah. But it appears that all the rest acknowledged him as such; and some, from the power and demonstration of his preaching, were inclined to think he was more, even the Messiah himself: see Luke 3:15 . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:10

Verse 10 10.And his disciples asked him, saying. No sooner is the resurrection mentioned than the disciples imagine that the reign of Christ is commenced; (482) for they explain this word to mean that the world would acknowledge him to be the Messiah. That they imagined the resurrection to be something totally different from what Christ meant, is evident from what is stated by Mark, that they disputed with each other what was the meaning of that expression which he had used, To rise from the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:11

Verse 11 11.Elijah indeed will come first. We have stated elsewhere the origin of that error which prevailed among the Jews. As John the Baptist was to resemble Elijah by restoring the fallen condition of the Church, the prophet Malachi (Malachi 4:5) had even given to him the name of Elijah; and this had been rashly interpreted by the scribes, as if Elijah the Tishbite (1 Kings 17:1) were to return a second time to the world. Christ now declares that every thing which Malachi uttered was true,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 17:1-13

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 17:9-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 17:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 17:11

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