CHAPTER 9 2 _Jesus is transfigured_. 11 _He instructeth his disciples concerning the coming of Elias_ : 14 _casteth forth a dumb and deaf spirit_ : 30 _foretelleth his death and resurrection_ : 33 _exhorteth his disciples to humanity_ : 38 _bidding them not to prohibit such as be not against them, n... [ Continue Reading ]
_Troubled him._ Gr. _ε̉σπάραξεν_, i.e., _bruised_, _tore_, _convulsed_ his whole body. Wherefore it is added in explanation, _and being thrown down upon the ground_, _he wallowed about foaming_, because, in fact, the demon was experiencing the power of Christ, and foresaw that he would speedily be c... [ Continue Reading ]
_They passed through Galilee_, _and He would not that any one should know it._ Lest He should be detained by the Galileans from love of Himself and His benefits. For He was hastening to Jerusalem to His cross and death, about which He was speaking privately to His disciples, that He might accomplish... [ Continue Reading ]
_But they understood not the word._ That is to say, in what manner, and for what cause, Christ was to die; and how these words concerning His near approaching death agreed with what He had often told them, that His kingdom was at hand. For otherwise the Apostles understood and believed that Christ w... [ Continue Reading ]
_And whosoever shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in Me_, _it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were east into the sea._ This is antithetical to the 36th verse. For Christ returns after the question interposed by John to what He had said conc... [ Continue Reading ]