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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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, Lu 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...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they asked him, saying,.... Being put in mind of it, by seeing Elias on the mount, or else by what Christ had said concerning his resurrection, or both: why say the Scribes, the Vulgate Latin adds, "and Pharisees", that Elias must first come? before the Messiah comes, or before the setting up his kingdom in greater glory; [See comments on...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things, and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at naught. But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, — John the Baptist was he.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he answered, and told them,.... Allowing that their observation was right, and that this was the sense of the Scribes, and that there was something of truth in it, when rightly understood: Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things: [See comments on Matthew 17:11]; and how it is written of the son of man, that he must suffer many...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But I say unto you, that Elias is indeed come,.... Meaning John the Baptist, who in prophecy is designed by him. And they have done unto him whatsoever they listed; [See comments on Matthew 17:12]; which words should be read in a parenthesis, as they are in the Vulgate Latin version; for what follows, as it is written of him, respects not what the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him. It is rather singular that the disciples should begin to ask about the scribes, for this was, as it were, a sort of warning note for a battle into which they were about to plunge. They talked about the scribes, but the scribes were down below in conflict with the rest of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when he came to his disciples,.... The other nine, who were left at the bottom of the mountain, and were waiting for him: he saw a great multitude about them: there was a multitude that followed him from Bethsaida hither; and which, very likely, was greatly increased upon Christ's arrival in those parts, and the people hearing of it; and the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. The probability is that the face of Jesus Christ was shining like the face of Moses when he came down from the mount, and the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. What a descent for Christ, from the peace and quiet of the hill of communion with the glorified, to the noise and tumult of a surging multitude, and the mocking question of the jeering scribes!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
; Mar_9:16. And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. Some relics of the glory on the mount still remained upon his face, and the people were astounded; so, though deeply...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. There was a glory about his face not altogether unlike that of Moses when he came down from the other mountain, so that the people...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And straightway all the people, when they beheld him,.... As soon as ever they saw him, to many of whom, especially those that followed him out of Galilee, he was personally known. Were greatly amazed; either that he should come at that juncture, to assist and relieve his disciples, when the Scribes were triumphing over them, as some think; or...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And straightaway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. I think there must be some truth in the common tradition that the face of our Lord Jesus still shone with the light of the transfiguration. It does appear so to me from these words: “All the people, when they beheld him, were greatly...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he asked the Scribes,.... The Vulgate Latin renders it, "he asked them"; and the Ethiopic version, he said unto them; meaning either that he asked the disciples when he came to them, or else the people that ran to salute him; but the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions read, "the Scribes"; seeing them about his disciples, in close debate with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? Like some great commander stepping into the field when his under followers are being beaten, he comes right to the front and charges the foe boldly. Christ said, “What question ye with them?” — as much as to say, “Why did ye not wait a bit and ask me. I could have answered you if they can not.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? There had been a skirmish between the scribes and the disciples of Christ, and the scribes were winning the day; but when the Captain had come, the tide of battle was soon turned.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? The circumstances of the disciples resembled a battlefield on which the enemy was winning the day, and the loyal troops were about to die defeated; when suddenly, the great Commander himself appears for their relief. His presence is worth more than a thousand battalions of men; and he charges...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? The battle had been raging between Christ’s enemies and his disciples but now that their Captain has come, he rallies his forces, and at once attacks his foes: “What question ye with them?”