Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

Mark 9:3

στίλβοντα, glittering; here only in N. T., common in classics; in Sept [70] of bright brass (Ezra 8:27); “flashing sword “(R. V [71], Nahum 3:3); sunshine on shields (1Ma 6:39). λευκὰ λίαν, white very. All the evangelists become descriptive. Mk., as was to be expected, goes beyond the two others. ὡς χιὠν (T.R.) is a tempting addition, especially if Hermon was the scene, but it so adequately expresses the highest degree of whiteness, that alongside of it λίαν and the following words, οἷα, etc., would have been superfluous. γναφεὺς, a fuller, here only in N. T. (ἀγνάφου in Mark 2:21). ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, suggesting a contrast between what fullers on this earth can do in the way of whitening cloth, and the heaven-wrought brightness of Christ's garments (Schanz).

[70]Septuagint.

[71] Revised Version.

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