τῇ ἑξῆς ἡμέρᾳ. Proving that the Transfiguration took place at night: see on Luke 9:28.

ὄχλος πολύς. St Mark records their “amazement” at seeing Him—perhaps due to some lingering radiance and majesty which clung to Him after the Transfiguration. (Comp. Exodus 34:30.) They had been surrounding a group of the scribes, who were taunting the disciples with their failure to cure the lunatic boy.

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Old Testament