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Matthew 17:10
And His disciples asked Him, saying, Why, then, say the scribes that Elias must first come?
And His disciples asked Him, saying, Why, then, say the scribes that Elias must first come?
Verse Matthew 17:10. _HIS DISCIPLES_] instead of HIS disciples, some MSS., with the _Coptic, Armenian, Vulgate_, all the _Itala_ except two, and _Origen_, read simply, οι μαθηται, THE _disciples_, i.e...
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...
_Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?_ The truth of the resurrection was new to the disciples, see Mark 9:10. "If thou art the Messiah," they say, "and shalt rise from the dead, surely...
ΠΡΩ͂ΤΟΝ, inserted to help the sense, appears in the majority of later uncials, not in אBD. 10. ΟΥ̓͂Ν. Elijah had appeared to the chosen three Apostles. It seemed to them that this was a fulfilment of...
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...
ΕΠΕΡΏΤΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΕΡΩΤΆΩ (G1905) спрашивать, задавать вопросы, ΔΕΙ _pres. ind. act. от_ ΔΈΩ (G1163) необходимо (с _асс._ и _inf._). ΈΛΘΕΙΝ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) приходит...
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...
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...
WHY THEN SAY THE SCRIBES?] Jesus, by forbidding the incident to be spoken of (Matthew 17:9), seemed to attach little importance to the present appearance of Elijah. 'Why then,' ask the disciples, 'do...
ELIJAH AND THE BAPTIST (Mark 9:11)....
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...
HIS DISCIPLES ASKED HIM. — The context clearly implies that the question came not from the disciples at large, but from the three who had seen the vision, and were brooding over the appearance, and ye...
τί οὗν, etc.: does the οὖν refer to the prohibition in Matthew 17:9 (Meyer), or to the appearance of Moses and Elias, still in the minds of the three disciples, and the lateness of their coming (Euthy...
_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...
Elias must come first. The prophet Elias will come again in person before my second coming to judgment, and will re-establish all things, by the conversion of the Jews to the Christian faith, accordin...
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...
10._And his disciples asked him, saying. _No sooner is the resurrection mentioned than the disciples imagine that the reign of Christ is commenced; (482) for they explain this word to mean that the wo...
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...
AND HIS DISCIPLES ASKED HIM, SAYING,.... That is, these three, Peter, James, and John, before they came to the rest; whilst they were going down the mountain, or from it, to the place where the others...
And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? Ver. 10. _Why then say the scribes, &c._] Christ had answered them this question once before; but they were u...
_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...
FIRST COME; come before the Messiah, since now he had appeared after him. They understood the prophecy, Malachi 3:1-4, literally, of the Elias who had been translated to heaven; but our Saviour teache...
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...
Before these words, Mark saith, MARK 9:10, _And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean._ Then he addeth, _And they asked him, say...
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIII ? "[1] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIII Was it to the scribes in regard to whom the disciples inquired and said, "Why then do the scribes say that Elija...
Matthew 17:10 And G2532 His G846 disciples G3101 asked G1905 (G5656) Him G846 saying G3004 (G5723) Why...
‘And his disciples asked him, saying, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must first come?” ' But the disciples were puzzled. They now accepted that He was the greater than Elijah, and that the l...
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 17:10. WHY THEN? The connection with what precedes is, according to Alford: ‘If this was not the coming of Elijah, _was he yet to come?_ If it was, how was it so _secret_ and so _short?_ '...
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...
ELIJAH MUST FIRST COME (Ελειαν δε ελθειν πρωτον). So this piece of theology concerned them more than anything else. They had just seen Elijah, but Jesus the Messiah had come before Elijah. The scri...
WHY THEN SAY THE SCRIBES THAT ELIAS MUST FIRST COME Compare (Matthew 11:14); (Mark 9:11); (Luke 1:17); (Malachi 3:1); ...
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...
WHY DO THE TEACHERS OF THE LAW? These teachers said that Elijah must come before the Messiah could appear. See note on Matthew 16:14. The disciples had just seen Elijah come, but he did not stay....
_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...
John 1:21; John 1:25; Malachi 4:5; Malachi 4:6; Matthew 11:14;...
Why then say the scribes, that Elijah must come first — Before the Messiah? If no man is to know of his coming? Should we not rather tell every man, that he is come, and that we have seen him, witness...
Here we have the disciples' question, and our Saviour's answer. They ask our Saviour, how the observation of the Jewish doctors holds good, that Elias must come before the Messias come? We see the Mes...