Elijah is come already
(Ελειας ηδη ηλθεν). Thus Jesus identifies John the Baptist with the promise in Malachi, though not the real Elijah in person which John denied (John 1:21).They knew him not
(ουκ επιγνωσαν αυτον). Second aorist active indicative of επιγινωσκω, to recognize. Just as they do not know Jesus now (John 1:26). They killed John as they will Jesus the Son of Man.
Verse Matthew 17:12. _KNEW HIM NOT_] Or, ουκ επιγνωσαν αυτον, _They have not_ _acknowledged him_. That is, the _Jewish rulers_ have not acknowledged him, did not receive him as the forerunner of the...
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...
KNEW. recognized. Greek. _epiginosko._ App-132. NOT. Greek. _ou._ HAVE DONE. did. UNTO HIM. in his case. Greek. _en._ App-104. LISTED. pleased, or willed. Greek. _thelo._ App-102. SHALL... SUFFER....
_knew him not_ did not recognise him as the Elijah prophesied by Malachi....
THE TRANSFIGURATION Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36....
ΟΥ̓Κ ἘΠΈΓΝΩΣΑΝ, ‘did not recognise.’ ἐπὶ denotes ‘further,’ hence ‘clear’ recognition. ἘΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι ΠΟΙΕΙ͂Ν. In classical Greek ποιεῖν would be followed by two accusatives. ἐν αὐτῷ in him as the sphere...
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...
ΉΛΘΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) идти. О переводе _aor. см._ M, l:135ff. ΈΠΕΓΝΩΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G102) знать, узнавать, признавать, ΕΠΟΊΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G416...
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...
17:12 from (c-35) _ hupo_ , the causative or instrumental power, the Son of man being the passive recipient....
BUT HAVE DONE] Herod, not the scribes, actually killed John, but Herod only did what the scribes would have been glad to do: cp. Luke 7:30; Luke 7:33....
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...
ELIAS IS COME ALREADY. — These words, the emphatic repetition of what had been said before in Matthew 11:14 (see Note there), ought, it is believed, to be decisive as to the issue raised in the preced...
λέγω δὲ : Jesus finds the prophecy as to the advent of Elias fulfilled in John the Baptist, so still further reducing the significance of the late vision. The contrast between the mechanical literalis...
_Conversation while descending the hill_....
_The Transfiguration_ (Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36)....
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...
_So also shall the Son of man. Jesus in a most beautiful manner takes advantage of this conversation, to remind them of his future passion, and from the recollection of the sufferings of John, affords...
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...
BUT I SAY UNTO YOU,.... A way of speaking used by Christ, when he opposes and contradicts any of the tenets of the Scribes and Pharisees; see Matthew 5:22 "that Elias is come already"; the person that...
But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. Ver. 12. _But I say unto you,...
_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...
LISTED; desired or pleased to do....
BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT ELIAS IS COME ALREADY, AND THEY KNEW HIM NOT, BUT HAVE DONE UNTO HIM WHATSOEVER THEY LISTED. LIKEWISE SHALL ALSO THE SON OF MAN SUFFER OF THEM....
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...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 17:13"....
Dialogue of Justin Wherefore also our Christ said, [when He was] on earth, to those who were affirming that Elijah must come before Christ: `Elijah shall come, and restore all things; but I say unto...
Matthew 17:12 But G1161 say G3004 (G5719) you G5213 that G3754 Elijah G2243 come G2064 (G5627) already...
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...
‘And he answered and said, “Elijah is indeed coming, and will restore all things, but I say to you, that Elijah is come already, and they knew him not, but did to him whatever they would. Even so will...
Matthew 17:12. ELIJAH IS COME ALREADY. Comp, chap Matthew 11:14. The prophecy of Malachi had been fulfilled in John the Baptist, so far as the first coming of the Messiah was concerned. THEY KNEW HIM...
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...
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...
11-12. ELIJAH DOES INDEED COME FIRST. John the Baptist came in the "spirit" of Elijah. Compare Malachi 3:1; Malachi 4:5 with Mark 1:1-3. John was killed ...
_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....
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...
Acts 13:24; Acts 2:23; Acts 3:14; Acts 3:15; Acts 4:10;...
Elijah is come already — And yet when the Jews asked John, Art thou Elijah? He said, I am not, John 1:21. His meaning was, I am not Elijah the Tishbite, come again into the world. But he was the perso...