τότε συνῆκαν : the parallel drawn let the three disciples see who the Elijah was, alluded to by their Master. What a disenchantment: not the glorified visitant of the night vision, but the beheaded preacher of the wilderness, the true Elijah!
Verse Matthew 17:13. _THEN THE DISCIPLES UNDERSTOOD_] When he spoke of the sufferings of this prophetic Elijah, and also of his _own_, which had been the subject of the conversation on the mount, duri...
See also Mark 9:11. WHY THEN SAY THE SCRIBES ... - The disciples appear to have been satisfied now that he was the Messiah. The transfiguration had taken away all their doubts, but they recollected th...
5. THE COMING GLORY; the Helpless Disciples and the Power of the King. The Tribute Money. CHAPTER 17 1. The Transfiguration. (Matthew 17:1 .) 2. The Helpless Disciples and the Power of the King. (M...
THE TRANSFIGURATION, AND THE COMING OF ELIJAH (Mark 9:2 *, Luke 9:28). The narrative agrees closely with Mk., the chief difference being the appropriate addition of Matthew 17:7. The fear of the disci...
THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION (Matthew 17:1-8)...
,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...
OF. concerning. Greek. _peri._ App-104....
_understood_ See note ch. Matthew 16:12....
THE TRANSFIGURATION Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36....
VER 10. AND HIS DISCIPLES ASKED HIM, SAYING, "WHY THEN SAY THE SCRIBES THAT ELIAS MUST FIRST COME?" 11. AND JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, "ELIAS TRULY SHALL FIRST COME, AND RESTORE ALL THINGS. 12...
_JESUS IN HIS GLORY, TRANSFIGURED MATTHEW 17:1-13:_ It was probably on Mount Hermon that the transfiguration took place. Jesus had gone up on this mountain to pray. Luke describes it this way, "Now it...
ΣΥΝΉΚΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΝΊΗΜΙ (G4920) понимать, уяснять, ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G288) говорить....
DISCOURSE: 1378 ELIJAH’S ADVENT IN JOHN BAPTIST Matthew 17:10. And his Disciples asked him. saying. Why then say the Scribes that Elias must first come? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias tr...
Section 42 TRANSFIGURED ON HIGH MOUNTAIN JESUS SHOWS HIS GLORY TO PETER, JAMES AND JOHN (Parallels: Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36) TEXT: 17:1-13 1 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and Jam...
And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 9:28. The time of this section is su...
28 See 2Pe_1:16-18. 28 This prediction was fulfilled about a week later when He took His most intimate disciples with Him and they saw His power and presence and were spectators of His magnificence (2...
ELIJAH AND THE BAPTIST (Mark 9:11)....
THE TRANSFIGURATION 1-8. The Transfiguration (Mark 9:2; Luke 9:28). St. Leo rightly apprehended the historical situation when he said that in the Transfiguration the principal object aimed at was tha...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 17 JESUS CHANGED HIS APPEARANCE 17:1-13 V1 Six days later Jesus took Peter, James and John (who was James’s brother) with him. He le...
THEN THE DISCIPLES UNDERSTOOD. — The words are suggestive both as indicating the conclusion in which they ultimately rested, and the frankness with which they owned how slowly they had passed from the...
LACK OF FAITH REBUKED Matthew 17:9-21 As Raphael suggests in his great painting, there is a close connection between the mountain and the valley. The glory of the one did not make our Lord indifferen...
"After six days." Days of silence. No record have we of what transpired in those days. The strange declarations of the Cross had crushed the hearts of these men. Now to three of their number, as speci...
CHAPTER 37 TRANSFIGURATION Matthew 17:1-13; Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36. Mark: “And after six days, Jesus takes Peter, James, and John, and carries them up into an exceedingly high mountain, privately,...
"And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead. (10) And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then s...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
Jesus leads them up into a high mountain, and there is transfigured before them: "His face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light." Moses and Elias appeared also, talking with Hi...
THEN THE DISCIPLES UNDERSTOOD,.... By his saying that Elias was come, and by the account he gave of his ill usage, it was clear to them, THAT HE SPAKE UNTO THEM OF JOHN THE BAPTIST; and that he was t...
Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist. Ver. 13. _Then the disciples understood_] Different measures of light and grace are given at several times, as God pleaseth...
_His disciples asked_, &c. Being much surprised at the sudden departure of Elias, and at their Master's ordering them to keep his having appeared a secret, they had no sooner finished their dispute ab...
THEN THE DISCIPLES UNDERSTOOD THAT HE SPAKE UNTO THEM OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. The fact that they had seen the prophet Elijah in the vision on the mountain recalled to their minds the saying of the scribe...
The question of the disciples:...
Only six days intervened before the three disciples witnessed the transfiguration of the Lord Jesus. Luke says, "about eight days after these things," for no doubt he counts the day the Lord spoke, an...
1-13 Now the disciples beheld somewhat of Christ's glory, as of the only begotten of the Father. It was intended to support their faith, when they would have to witness his crucifixion; and would giv...
OLBGrk; Ver. 11-13. Mark saith, MARK 9:12, _He answered and told them, Elias verily comes first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and...
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIII And these things indeed as about Elijah the disciples asked and the Saviour answered, but when they heard they understood that the words, "Elijah has already co...
Matthew 17:13 Then G5119 disciples G3101 understood G4920 (G5656) that G3754 spoke G2036 (G5627) them G846 of...
‘Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptist.' Then the disciples realised that He was speaking of John the Baptist. He was the Elijah who was coming. They had taken a furt...
JESUS AND THE DISCIPLES DESCEND FROM THE MOUNTAIN. THE TRUTH ABOUT JOHN THE BAPTIST (17:9-13). As they were coming down from the mountain Jesus commanded silence about what they had seen until He had...
Matthew 17:13. HE SPAKE UNTO THEM OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. Our Lord referred to John, but this does not exhaust the meaning of the prophecy in Malachi. The passages bearing on the subject indicate strongl...
After our Lord's prediction of His sufferings and hint of His glory (chap. Matthew 16:21-28), three chosen disciples receive a supernatural testimony and pledge of that glory. But the primary purpose...
THEN UNDERSTOOD (τοτε συνηκαν). One of the three k aorists. It was plain enough even for them. John was Elijah in spirit and had prepared the way for the Messiah....
Matthew 17:1. _And after six days_ Luke says, «about an eight days after these sayings;» but I suppose he counted the day before and the day after. «After six days,» and the first day was, probably,...
CONTENTS: The transfiguration of Jesus Christ. The powerless disciples, unable to heal a lunatic, and the mighty Christ. Resurrection again foretold. Miracle of the tribute money. CHARACTERS: God, Je...
Matthew 17:2. _He was transfigured before them._ Μεταμορφωθη, was transformed before them. Matthew, Mark, and Luke record this vision; and name the three selected witnesses. Peter had just confessed t...
THEN THE DISCIPLES UNDERSTOOD. It was clear to them that John the Baptist fulfilled the prophecy. It is not to be expected that "Elijah" will come a second time to fulfill a prophecy that has already...
_And was transfigured before them._ THE MOUNT OF VISION I. Take what is taught in the passage as to Christ’s humanity and its aspects. Among all the aspects in which the Saviour is presented to us,...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 17:10 ELIJAH HAS ALREADY COME. See notes on Mal. 4:4–6; Matthew 11:14....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 17:13 THEN THE DISCIPLES UNDERSTOOD. “Understanding” is a key theme in Matthew’s Gospel. ⇐...
JESUS IS TRANSFIGURED ON THE MOUNTAIN MATTHEW 17:1-13; MARK 9:2-13; LUKE 9:28-36; MATTHEW 17:1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, Jame
CHAPTER 17 _And after six days_, &c. There seems to be here a discrepancy with Luke 9:28, who says, _it came to pass about an eight days after these things._ S. Jerome answers, "The solution is simple...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 17:1. AFTER SIX DAYS.—Within a week of Peter’s confession. St. Luke has “about an eight days after,” according to the common Jewish reckoning, by which each part of a day is c...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 17:1 _The Transfiguration of Jesus_._ _(Mark 9:2; Luke 9:28.) This mysterious event was intended primarily to confirm the faith of the three apostles who were to h
Let's turn now in our Bibles to Matthew chapter seventeen. The seventeenth chapter of Matthew actually begins with the twenty-eighth verse of the sixteenth chapter. It's unfortunate that the men who d...
Matthew 11:14...